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Golli-MBP gene in multiple sclerosis susceptibility.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 1998
Tienari P J, Kuokkanen S, Pastinen T, Wikström J, Sajantila A, Sandberg-Wollheim M, Palo J, Peltonen L
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an oligo- or polygenic disease but no specific susceptibility genes have been identified so far. In the Finnish population we have previously found evidence for linkage between MS and the myelin basic protein gene (here called Golli-MBP gene) suggesting that either Golli-MBP or another gene in its vicinity contributes to MS suceptibility. Here we have screened the Golli-MBP gene for...
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