HLA associations with multiple sclerosis in Greece.

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2011.06.037

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HLA associations with multiple sclerosis in Greece.

Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2011

Kouri Ioanna, Papakonstantinou Stylianos, Bempes Vaios, Vasiliadis Haris S, Kyritsis Athanasios P, Pelidou Sygkliti-Henrietta

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BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating inflammatory disease of the central nervous system originated by a complex interplay of environmental and genetic factors. The association of MS with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles was investigated in MS patients in northwest Greece, in the geographical region of Epirus. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of the...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Frequency
Genetic Association Studies
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Greece
HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis
Young Adult

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PMID: 21741664
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.06.037

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