Lack of replication of interaction between EBNA1 IgG and smoking in risk for multiple sclerosis
Emilie Sundqvist; Peter Sundström; Magdalena Lindén; Anna Karin Hedström; Francesca Aloisi; Jan Hillert; Ingrid Kockum; Lars Alfredsson · 2012 · Neurology
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Abstract (excerpt)
BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus infection, smoking, HLA-A*02, and DRB1*15 have all been proposed as risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS). In 2010, Simon et al. described an interaction on the multiplicative scale between EBNA1…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31826c1ab7