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Autoimmune disease in families with multiple sclerosis: a population-based study.
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BACKGROUND: Evidence of an association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases would substantiate the hypothesis that MS is an autoimmune disease, and implicate a common mechanism. We aimed to investigate and compare the rate of autoimmune disease in MS patients, in their first-degree relatives, and in their unrelated spouses. METHODS: We used data from a national, multicentre, population-based sample to investigate the rate of autoimmune disease in 5031 MS patients, 30 ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Lancet. Neurology
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 604-610
- Publication date:
- 2007-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-4465
- ISSN:
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1474-4422
- Source identifiers:
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33882
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:33882
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- pubs:33882
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2007
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