TY - JOUR
T1 - Familial clustering in Italian progressive-onset and bout-onset multiple sclerosis
AU - Guaschino, Clara
AU - Esposito, Federica
AU - Liberatore, Giuseppe
AU - Colombo, Bruno
AU - Annovazzi, Pietro
AU - D'Amico, Emanuele
AU - Cavalla, Paola
AU - Capello, Elisabetta
AU - Capra, Ruggero
AU - Galimberti, Daniela
AU - Tedeschi, Gioacchino
AU - Grimaldi, Luigi
AU - Leone, Maurizio
AU - D'Alfonso, Sandra
AU - Martinelli, Vittorio
AU - Comi, Giancarlo
AU - Martinelli-Boneschi, Filippo
N1 - Funding Information:
The project was sponsored by the Grant Giovani Ricercatori 2007 (D.lgs 502/92) from the Italian Ministry of Health, FISM (Projects: 2008/R/15 and Progetto Speciale Immunochip), Cariplo Foundation (Grant 2010.0728), and CRT Foundation of Turin Italy.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease triggered by environmental and genetic agents, and clinically characterized by bout onset (BOMS) or progressive onset (PrMS). We collected clinical and familial aggregation data in a cohort of 518 Italian PrMS patients, and compared with 400 BOMS cases. An increased prevalence of MS in first-degree relatives of Italian PrMS was found. Familial aggregation is not influenced by probands' clinical course, and there is no disease course concordance within MS families. These data are useful in counseling MS patients affected with different clinical courses of the disease.
AB - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease triggered by environmental and genetic agents, and clinically characterized by bout onset (BOMS) or progressive onset (PrMS). We collected clinical and familial aggregation data in a cohort of 518 Italian PrMS patients, and compared with 400 BOMS cases. An increased prevalence of MS in first-degree relatives of Italian PrMS was found. Familial aggregation is not influenced by probands' clinical course, and there is no disease course concordance within MS families. These data are useful in counseling MS patients affected with different clinical courses of the disease.
KW - Multiple sclerosis
KW - Progressive
KW - Recurrence risk
KW - Relapsing-remitting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901380570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10072-014-1650-7
DO - 10.1007/s10072-014-1650-7
M3 - Article
SN - 1590-1874
VL - 35
SP - 789
EP - 791
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
IS - 5
ER -