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HLA class I & II alleles in multiple sclerosis patients from Puerto Rico.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico - 1 Jan 2013
Miranda María T, Suárez Erick, Abbas Muneer, Chinea Angel, Tosado Rafael, Mejías Ida A, Boukli Nawal, Dunston Georgia M
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease where genetic and environmental factors have been implicated. The onset of symptoms occurs in individuals from twenty to fifty years of age, producing a progressive impairment of motor, sensory and cognitive functions. MS is more frequent in females than in males with a ratio of 4:1. The prevalence of the MS varies among ethnics groups such as Europeans, Africans and...
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