Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system. Although the etiology and the pathogenesis of MS has been extensively …

Multiple sclerosis is a common disease of the central nervous system in which the interplay
between inflammatory and neurodegenerative processes typically results in intermittent …

Objective To identify the contribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles to susceptibility or resistance to
multiple sclerosis (MS) in Caucasians through a meta-analysis of non-family-based studies …

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the role of HLA-DRB1 and-DPB1 alleles in the pathogenesis of
neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis in Southern Han Chinese. METHODS …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating, chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system affecting over 2 million people worldwide. The TAM family of receptor tyrosine …

Multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory and demyelinating autoimmune disease of CNS
has both, a genetic and an environmental predisposition. Among all the genetic factors …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurologic disease with onset occurring predominantly
in young adults. As such, the disease evolves throughout several decades and the affected …

Background: HLA-DRB1* 1501 (DR15) and other HLA class II alleles increase the risk of
developing multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the contribution of genetic heterogeneity to the …

Background: The association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes and multiple
sclerosis (MS) has been extensively investigated in Caucasians, but less so in Oriental …

Background and objective: The association of HLA‐DRB1* 15 with susceptibility to multiple
sclerosis (MS) has been consistently reported although its effect on the clinical phenotype is …