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HLA-DRB1*1501 and Spinal Cord Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

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2009

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Madeleine H Sombekke, Carsten Lukas, J. Bart A. Crusius, Diego Tejedor, Joep Killestein, David Arteta, Antonio Martínez-Cuesta, Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag, Dirk L. Knol, A. S. Peña,
Archives of Neurology

Abstract

Carriership of HLA-DRB1*1501 (via rs3135388) was associated with the extent of focal abnormalities in the spinal cord. Spinal cord lesions might be an explanation for increased MS disease severity in patients carrying HLA-DRB1*1501.

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