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Multiple sclerosis susceptibility genes: associations with relapse severity and recovery.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Mowry Ellen M, Carey Robert F, Blasco Maria R, Pelletier Jean, Duquette Pierre, Villoslada Pablo, Malikova Irina, Roger Elaine, Kinkel R Phillip, McDonald Jamie, Bacchetti Peter, Waubant Emmanuelle
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OBJECTIVE: Patients with early multiple sclerosis (MS) have stereotyped attack severity and recovery. We sought to determine if polymorphisms in MS susceptibility genes are associated with these attack features or with the risk of a second attack. METHODS: 503 white subjects evaluated within a year of MS onset were included in the study. The severity of and recovery from the first two attacks were determined...
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