Interaction between passive smoking and two HLA genes with regard to multiple sclerosis risk

Background: The recently described interaction between smoking, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1*15 and absence of HLA-A*02 with regard to multiple sclerosis (MS) risk shows that the risk conveyed by smoking differs depending on genetic background. We aimed to investigate whether a similar interac...

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Main Authors: Hedström, Anna Karin, Bomfim, Izaura Lima, Barcellos, Lisa F, Briggs, Farren, Schaefer, Catherine, Kockum, Ingrid, Olsson, Tomas, Alfredsson, Lars
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276064/