Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a prevalent inflammatory disease of the central nervous system
that often leads to disability in young adults. Treatment options are limited and often only …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a one of the group of diseases labeled as “common complex”.
Virtually all common complex traits, genetic and environmental components have important …

A genetic component in the susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been known,
and the first and major genetic risk factor, the HLA region, was identified in the 1970's …

Background Iron involvement/imbalance is strongly suspected in multiple sclerosis (MS)
etiopathogenesis, but its role is quite debated. Iron deposits encircle the veins in brain MS …

We performed a replication study in 883 Austrian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 972
control individuals for 25 previously risk-associated loci (39 SNPs). Two loci, rs1109670 …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system.
Recent studies have shown that the HLA‐DRB1 and DQB1 alleles are associated with MS …

Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a multifactorial disease with a genetic basis. The
strongest associations with the disease lie in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) region …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on the
genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in the Lithuanian population. Material and …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating heterogeneous disease of the
central nervous system, probably caused by an interaction of common genetic and …

IS–išsėtinė sklerozė CNS–centrinė nervų sistema MRT–magnetinio rezonanso tomografija
PI–pasikliautinasis intervalas GS–galimybių santykis SN–standartinis nuokrypis SP …