Higher minor hemoglobin A2 levels in multiple sclerosis patients correlate with lesser disease severity.

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat · 2016 · PMC4998019 · PMID 27578976

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HbA2 levels were higher in relapsing remitting MS than progressive cases (primary progressive MS + secondary progressive MS), (2.17 [Q1: 2.07, Q3: 2.36] versus 2.11 [Q1: 1.85, Q3: 2.29]), in which the difference was close to significance ( P =0.053).

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