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Causal effects of Epstein-Barr virus antibodies on autoimmune neuroinflammatory diseases: A generalised summary data-based Mendelian randomisation study.
Medicine - 10 Apr 2026
Sun Shujun, Wen Yiyong, Tang Pan, Xie Fan, Ding Tao, Wen Jun, Xu Anding
Abstract excerpt
Observational studies associate Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with multiple sclerosis (MS), but causality across autoimmune neuroinflammatory diseases (ANDs) remains uncertain. This study aimed to assess the causal effects of 5 EBV antibodies on ANDs using Mendelian randomization (MR). Bidirectional, two-sample MR was performed using generalized summary-data-based MR (GSMR). Genetic instruments for EBV antibodies...
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