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Similar familial risk in multiple sclerosis subgroups.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Nov 2017
Song Jie, Karrenbauer Virginija, Manouchehrinia Ali, Almqvist Catarina, Hillert Jan, Westerlind Helga
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BACKGROUND: A subgroup of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) present with no oligoclonal bands (OCB) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Several studies report different clinical characteristics and genetic associations between the two groups. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the OCB negative subgroup has a distinct etiology from band positive MS. METHODS: Using nationwide registers to estimate...
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