HLA-DRB1 allele impact on pediatric multiple sclerosis in a Hellenic cohort.
Maria GontikaCharalampos SkarlisArtemios ArtemiadisRoser PonsSotiria MastroyianniGeorge VartzelisVirginia TheodorouKonstantinos KilindireasLeonidas StefanisMarinos DalakasGeorge ChrousosMaria C AnagnostouliPublished in: Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical (2020)
In our Hellenic population, HLA-DRB1*03 allele confers increased risk for POMS and it is also correlated with possibly increased disease activity, expanding the existing knowledge on HLA associations and POMS.