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Role of the HLA system in the association between multiple sclerosis and infectious mononucleosis.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 2011
Ramagopalan Sreeram V, Meier Ute C, Conacher Margaret, Ebers George C, Giovannoni Gavin, Crawford Dorothy H, McAulay Karen A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether multiple sclerosis (MS) and infectious mononucleosis (IM) share common HLA associations. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study was conducted from October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2003. SETTING: University of Edinburgh Richard Verney Health Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland. PATIENTS: Participants included 179 individuals who underwent asymptomatic Epstein-Barr virus seroconversion and...
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