Multiple sclerosis genetic risk variants are shared between European and South Asian populations, indicating a largely ethnicity-independent etiology.
Broadens European MS genetic data applicability to South Asians; leaves open validation across additional ancestries.
Our data indicate substantial overlap in genetic risk architecture between Europeans and south Asians and suggest that the aetiology of the disease may be largely independent of ethnicity.
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