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Variants of autophagy-related gene 5 are associated with neuromyelitis optica in the Southern Han Chinese population.
Autoimmunity - 1 Dec 2014
Cai Ping-Ping, Wang Hong-Xia, Zhuang Jing-Cong, Liu Qi-Bing, Zhao Gui-Xian, Li Zhen-Xin, Wu Zhi-Ying
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are autoimmune demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. The discovery of NMO immunoglobulin G (NMO-IgG) antibody has improved the clinical definition of NMO. Recently, the autophagy-related genes (ATGs) have been proved to be ass...
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