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Mother–child blood group incompatibility and the risk of multiple sclerosis

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Scientific Research Foundation. The authors would like to thank all patients who generously participated in this study and physicians participating in the CCPGSMS: Vancouver, BC (A Traboulsee, V Devonshire, S A Hashimoto, J Hooge, L Kastrukoff, J J F Oger); Calgary, AB (L Metz); Edmonton, AB (S Warren); Saskatoon, SK (W Hader, K Knox); Winnipeg (R.A. Marrie), London, ON (M Kremenchutzky, G. Rice); Ottawa, ON (M Freedman); Kingston, ON (D Brunet); Toronto, ON (P O’Connor, T Gray, M Hohol); Montreal, QC (P Duquette, Y Lapierre); Halifax, NS (T J Murray, V Bhan, C Maxner); and St John’s, NL (M Stefanelli).

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  1. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Sreeram V. Ramagopalan, David A. Dyment, Sarah-Michelle Orton & George C. Ebers

  2. Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Sreeram V. Ramagopalan, David A. Dyment, Sarah-Michelle Orton & George C. Ebers

  3. Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Colleen Guimond, Irene M. Yee & A. Dessa Sadovnick

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Division of Neurology, G920, Detwiller Pavilion, VCHA–UBC Hospital, University of British Columbia, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada

    A. Dessa Sadovnick

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Ramagopalan, S.V., Dyment, D.A., Guimond, C. et al. Mother–child blood group incompatibility and the risk of multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 257, 286–287 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5325-x

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