Admixture mapping reveals evidence of differential multiple sclerosis risk by genetic ancestry.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease with high prevalence among populations of northern European ancestry. Past studies have shown that exposure to ultraviolet radiation could explain the difference in MS prevalence across the globe. In this study, we investigate whether the difference i...
Main Authors: | Calvin Chi, Xiaorong Shao, Brooke Rhead, Edlin Gonzales, Jessica B Smith, Anny H Xiang, Jennifer Graves, Amy Waldman, Timothy Lotze, Teri Schreiner, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Gregory Aaen, Jan-Mendelt Tillema, Jayne Ness, Meghan Candee, Lauren Krupp, Mark Gorman, Leslie Benson, Tanuja Chitnis, Soe Mar, Anita Belman, Theron Charles Casper, John Rose, Manikum Moodley, Mary Rensel, Moses Rodriguez, Benjamin Greenberg, Llana Kahn, Jennifer Rubin, Catherine Schaefer, Emmanuelle Waubant, Annette Langer-Gould, Lisa F Barcellos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007808 |
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