Segregation of immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region genes in multiple sclerosis sibling pairs

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 113-116

  Yu, John S ^a   Pandey, Janardan P ^b   Massacesi, Luca ^a   Lincoln, Robin ^a   Usuku, Koichiro ^a   Seboun, Eric ^a   Hauser, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gm allotypes; Igh genes; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

FEMALE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, HEAVY-CHAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027470842     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(93)90218-N     Document Type: Article

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