Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility-Associated SNPs Do Not Influence Disease Severity Measures in a Cohort of Australian MS Patients

Cathy J Jensen; Jim Stankovich; Anneke Van der Walt; Melanie Bahlo; Bruce V Taylor; Ingrid AF van der Mei; Simon J Foote; Trevor J Kilpatrick; Laura J Johnson; Ella Wilkins; Judith Field; Patrick Danoy; Matthew A Brown; Justin P Rubio; Helmut Butzkueven

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Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility-Associated SNPs Do Not Influence Disease Severity Measures in a Cohort of Australian MS Patients

Cathy J Jensen, Jim Stankovich, Anneke Van der Walt, Melanie Bahlo, Bruce V Taylor, Ingrid AF van der Mei, Simon J Foote, Trevor J Kilpatrick, Laura J Johnson, Ella Wilkins, Judith Field, Patrick Danoy, Matthew A Brown, Justin P Rubio, Helmut Butzkueven

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010003

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Justin Rubio Author Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Melanie Bahlo Author Mathematics and Statistics

Trevor Kilpatrick Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Vicky Perreau Author Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Judith Field Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

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Identifying Genes That Influence Clinical Course And Susceptibility In Multiple Sclerosis

This project aims to identify the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common neurologic disease in young Australian adults. M..

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Awarded by Australia Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

HB is supported by a Peter Doherty Post-doctoral Fellowship (NHMRC). JPR and MB are supported by NHMRC Biomedical Career Development Awards, IvdM by a NHMRC Australian Research Training Fellowship (Part-Time) and MAB by an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship. JF is supported by a Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Fellowship and CJJ is supported by a Monash Departmental Scholarship. This study was supported by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (http://www.msaustralia.org.au/msra) and an Australia Research Council (http://www.arc.gov.au/) Linkage Grant (LP0776744). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.