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Alternate Name(s): MS ... Multiple sclerosis (MS) usually affects woman more than men. The disorder most commonly begins between ages 20 and 40, but can strike at any age. The exact cause is not known, but MS is believed to result from damage to the myelin sheath, ...
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Multiple sclerosis is not a fatal disease. Except in rare cases of severe disease, most people with multiple sclerosis have a normal or near-normal life span and usually die from the same conditions (heart disease, cancer) that affect the general population.
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Is multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic? A study published in August 2007 reported a new genetic risk factor for MS. The study shows that people who have certain variations or mutations of two different genes (IL7RA and IL2RA) are more likely to have MS than people without these mutations. ... Multiple Sclerosis Information...
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ms.about.com/od/multiplesclerosis101/a/genetic_link.htm
ms.about.com/od/multiplesclerosis101/a/genetic_link.htm
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Is multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic? A study published in August 2007 reported a new genetic risk factor for MS. The study shows that people who have certain variations or mutations of two different genes (IL7RA and IL2RA) are more likely t...
http://ms.about.com/od/multiplesclerosis101/Basic_Multi...
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Multiple sclerosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata ) is an idiopathic disease of suspected autoimmune cause, in which the body's immune resp...
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The remarkably low rate of concordance of multiple sclerosis (MS) in monozygotic twins has never been fully explained but it implies the possibility of a systemic condition called the multiple sclerosis trait (MST), which is quite different from asymptomatic MS. It results from the ... Genetic Predisposition to Disease...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16406307
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Among candidate genes involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) genetic susceptibility, MHC genes and particularly HLA-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 haplotype play a major role. ... In order to address this issue a strategy associating a genetic and a functional approach was conducted in a population of-non-Caucasian MS patients.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12694585
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A newly identified gene may hold the promise of guiding future research into therapies for multiple sclerosis in what its discoverers say is the first major genetic advance in 30 years for underst ... While it has been known that there is a strong genetic underpinning for multiple sclerosis, only genes within a region...
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www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/78214.php
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The scientists say this may lead, eventually to being able to prevent people developing MS. Commenting on the study, Helen Yates, Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre Chief Executive said, "This research marks a milestone in the genetic understanding of MS. To have identified two parts of the human genome that show...
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