Epigenome-wide differences in pathology-free regions of multiple sclerosis-affected brains

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-130

  Huynh, Jimmy L ^a   Garg, Paras ^a   Thin, Tin Htwe ^a   Yoo, Seungyeul ^a   Dutta, Ranjan ^b   Trapp, Bruce D ^b   Haroutunian, Vahram ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Donovan, Michael J ^a   Sharp, Andrew J ^a   Casaccia, Patrizia ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84893765473     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3588     Document Type: Article

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