Patients with multiple sclerosis carry DQB1 genes which encode shared polymorphic amino acid sequences

Human Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 103-110

  Vartdal, Frode ^a,c   Sollid, Ludvig M ^a,c   Vandvik, Bodvar ^b,c   Markussen, Gunnar ^a,c   Thorsby, Erik ^a,c  

^a Institute of Transplantation Immunology   (Norway)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES, HLA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC MARKERS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024394725     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(89)90074-8     Document Type: Article

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