@article{6bf2c6fbff3f4d26a11af4e3d8441977,
title = "Evidence for VAV2 and ZNF433 as susceptibility genes for multiple sclerosis",
abstract = "In a genome wide association study consisting of 592 German multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and 825 controls we were able to replicate the association of the HLA region with MS independently of previous case control studies. No SNPs outside the HLA region reached a genome wide level of significance. Nevertheless, we found suggestive evidence for an association of MS with variants in two new genes, the VAV2 gene and the gene for ZNF433.",
keywords = "Association study, Multiple sclerosis, Susceptibility genes, VAV2, ZNF433",
author = "Sandra Nischwitz and Sabine Cepok and Antje Kroner and Christiane Wolf and Matthias Knop and Felix M{\"u}ller-Sarnowski and Hildegard Pfister and Darina Roeske and Peter Rieckmann and Bernhard Hemmer and Marcus Ising and Manfred Uhr and Thomas Bettecken and Florian Holsboer and Bertram M{\"u}ller-Myhsok and Frank Weber",
note = "Funding Information: We thank E. Bauer for support in recruiting and characterisation of patients. We gratefully acknowledge expert technical assistance of J Hornung, S Damast, S Sauer and M. Koedel. BH and SC were supported by the Hertie foundation. Part of the study was supported by BMBF (KKN-MS, Control-MS). ",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.06.003",
language = "English",
volume = "227",
pages = "162--166",
journal = "Journal of Neuroimmunology",
issn = "0165-5728",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1-2",
}