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      CpG Island Methylation Patterns in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis 

      Sokratous, Maria; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Bellou, Eleni; Tsouris, Zisis; Michalopoulou, Amalia; Dardioti, Maria; Siokas, Vasileios; Rikos, Dimitrios; Tsatsakis, Aristidis; Kovatsi, Leda; Bogdanos, Dimitrios P.; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2018)
      DNA methylation may predispose to multiple sclerosis (MS), as aberrant methylation in the promoter regions across the genome seems to underlie several processes of MS. We have currently determined the methylation status ...
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      A novel homozygous SACS mutation identified by whole exome sequencing-genotype phenotype correlations of all published cases 

      Xiromerisiou, Georgia; Dadouli, Katerina; Marogianni, Chrysoula; Provatas, Antonios; Ntellas, Panagiotis; Rikos, Dimitrios; Stathis, Pantelis; Georgouli, Despina; Loules, Gedeon; Zamanakou, Maria; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2020)
      ARSACS is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ataxia, spasticity, and polyneuropathy. A plethora of worldwide distributed mutations have been described so far. Here, we report two brothers, born to non-consanguineous ...
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      Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiple sclerosis patients 

      Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Kountra, Persia-Maria; Koutsis, Georgios; Tsimourtou, Vana; Siokas, Vasileios; Dardioti, Maria; Rikos, Dimitrios; Marogianni, Chrysoula; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Karadima, Georgia; Ralli, Styliani; Grigoriadis, Nikolaos; Bogdanos, Dimitrios; Panas, Marios; Dardiotis, Efthimios (2019)
      To validate in an ethnically homogeneous Greek multiple sclerosis (MS) cohort, genetic risk factors for the disease, identified through a number of previous multi-ethnic genome-wide association studies (GWAS).