Exome sequencing study in patients with multiple sclerosis reveals variants associated with disease course

Abstract Background It remains unclear whether disease course in multiple sclerosis (MS) is influenced by genetic polymorphisms. Here, we aimed to identify genetic variants associated with benign and aggressive disease courses in MS patients. Methods MS patients were classified into benign and aggre...

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Main Authors: Elia Gil-Varea, Elena Urcelay, Carles Vilariño-Güell, Carme Costa, Luciana Midaglia, Fuencisla Matesanz, Alfredo Rodríguez-Antigüedad, Jorge Oksenberg, Laura Espino-Paisan, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Albert Saiz, Luisa M. Villar, Juan Antonio García-Merino, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà, Juan Carlos Triviño, Ester Quintana, René Robles, Antonio Sánchez-López, Rafael Arroyo, Jose C. Alvarez-Cermeño, Angela Vidal-Jordana, Sunny Malhotra, Nicolas Fissolo, Xavier Montalban, Manuel Comabella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-018-1307-1