Predictors of poor outcomes included having tumours (P = 0.0193) and having a chronic onset (P = 0.0306), and predictors of relapses included having lower levels of CSF BAFF (P = 0.0491) and having a larger ratio of serum TGFβ1/serum CXCL13 (P = 0.0182). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL13 and neoplasm.