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Association of interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphisms and haplotypes with multiple sclerosis in an Iranian population.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Nov 2015
Khosravi Ayyoob, Javan Bita, Tabatabaiefar Mohammad Amin, Ebadi Hamid, Fathi Davood, Shahbazi Majid
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a multi-factorial autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The exact etiology of MS is still unknown. Due to the important roles that cytokines play as mediators in immune and inflammatory responses, we have evaluated the association of IL-1 gene cluster polymorphisms and haplotypes with MS susceptibility in 306 unrelated MS patients and 312 healthy matched controls. A...
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