Influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on the susceptibility and resistance to multiple sclerosis in Japanese patients with respect to anti-aquaporin 4 antibody status.

BACKGROUND: Epistatic interactions between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles alter multiple sclerosis (MS) risk in Caucasians. Such interactions have never been studied in Asian MS patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles, including epistatic interactions at th...

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Główni autorzy: Isobe, N, Matsushita, T, Yamasaki, R, Ramagopalan, S, Kawano, Y, Nishimura, Y, Ebers, G, Kira, J
Format: Journal article
Język:English
Wydane: 2010