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Nature Medicine 13, 1026 - 1027 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm0907-1026

Research Highlights

Multiple sclerosis (MS) has a genetic component, but its molecular basis is not known. Now, three studies disclose a genetic link between polymorphisms in the interleukin-7 receptor alpha chain (IL7Ralpha) and this demyelinating disorder (N. Engl. J. Med., doi:10.1056/NEJMoa073493