European ancestry predominates in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis patients from Brazil.

European ancestry predominates in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis patients from Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is considered relatively more common in non-Whites, whereas multiple sclerosis (MS) presents a high prevalence rate, particularly in Whites from Western countries populations. However, no study has used ancestry informative markers (AIMs) to...

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Main Authors: Doralina Guimarães Brum, Marcelo Rizzatti Luizon, Antônio Carlos Santos, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Cristiane Franklin Rocha, Maria Lucia Brito, Enedina Maria Lobato de Oliveira, Denis Bernardi Bichuetti, Alberto Alan Gabbai, Denise Sisterolli Diniz, Damacio Ramon Kaimen-Maciel, Elizabeth Regina Comini-Frota, Claudia E Vieira Wiezel, Yara Costa Netto Muniz, Roberta Martins da Silva Costa, Celso Teixeira Mendes-Junior, Eduardo Antônio Donadi, Amilton Antunes Barreira, Aguinaldo Luiz Simões
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/06c31fb1b57247c29572363ee00bc1df
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