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SUBMITTER: Gianfrancesco MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5878964 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) 20171005 14
<h4>Background</h4>Strong evidence supports the role of both genetic and environmental factors in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) etiology.<h4>Objective</h4>We comprehensively investigated the association between established major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and non-MHC adult multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated variants and susceptibility to POMS.<h4>Methods</h4>Cases with onset <18 years (<i>n</i> = 569) and controls (<i>n</i> = 16,251) were included from the United States and Swe ...[more]