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Correlation between heavy metal exposure and GSTM1 polymorphism in Iranian multiple sclerosis patients.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jul 2017
Aliomrani Mehdi, Sahraian Mohammad A, Shirkhanloo Hamid, Sharifzadeh Mohammad, Khoshayand Mohammad R, Ghahremani Mohammad H
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Various exposures to heavy metals can lead to toxicity and oxidative stress. While glutathione-S-transferases are known as oxidative stress-related genes and involved in metal biotransformation. The aim of the present study is to investigate the correlation of GSTM1 polymorphism in MS patients and the...
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