TNFRSF1A coding variants in multiple sclerosis

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Funding Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. N. Libbrecht (AZ Sint-Lucas, Bruges) for referral of the patient who prompted us to investigate TRAPS mutations in MS patients and to Dr. Jasmine Parma (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) for sequencing of this patient and providing primer sequences. BD, SB and VT are Clinical Investigators of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen). BD holds the Bayer Chair on Fundamental Genetic Research regarding the Neuroimmunological Aspects of Multiple Sclerosis and the Biogen Idec Chair Translational Research in Multiple Sclerosis. We acknowledge support from TEVA PHARMA NEDERLAND B.V. and from Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Multiple Sclerose (WOMS)-Vlaanderen.