Multiple sclerosis: MHC associations and therapeutic implications.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease with an important genetic component. The strongest genetic association is with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region. Several MHC alleles predispose to the disease, the most prominent of which are certain alleles in the HLA-DR2 haplotype....
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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