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From Identification to Characterization of the Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility Gene CLEC16A
25 Feb 2013
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that develops in genetically susceptible individuals, probably triggered by common environmental factors. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci were early shown to confer the strongest genetic associations in MS. Now, more than 50 non-HLA MS susceptibility loci are identified, of which the majority are located in...
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