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A genetic basis for multiple sclerosis severity: Red herring or real?
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Dec 2016
Jokubaitis Vilija G, Butzkueven Helmut
Abstract excerpt
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune degenerative disease of the central nervous system, characterized by multifocal demyelination and neurodegeneration. The genetic architecture of MS is complex, where genetic risk has been attributed to over 100 polymorphic loci each with small odds ratios. MS is a highly heterogeneous disease with numerous clinical and paraclinical endophenotypes. To-date, no genetic...
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