Association of genetic markers with CSF oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis patients.

to explore the association between genetic markers and Oligoclonal Bands (OCB) in the Cerebro Spinal Fluid (CSF) of Italian Multiple Sclerosis patients.We genotyped 1115 Italian patients for HLA-DRB1*15 and HLA-A*02. In a subset of 925 patients we tested association with 52 non-HLA SNPs associated w...

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Main Authors: Maurizio A Leone, Nadia Barizzone, Federica Esposito, Ausiliatrice Lucenti, Hanne F Harbo, An Goris, Ingrid Kockum, Annette Bang Oturai, Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius, Inger L Mero, Bénédicte Dubois, Tomas Olsson, Helle Bach Søndergaard, Daniele Cusi, Sara Lupoli, Bettina Kulle Andreassen, International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Kjell-Morten Myhr, Franca R Guerini, PROGEMUS Group, PROGRESSO Group, Giancarlo Comi, Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi, Sandra D'Alfonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3681825?pdf=render