Association of susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in Sweden with HLA class II DRB1 and DQB1 alleles

Human Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 41-48

  Allen, Marie ^a   Sandberg Wollheim, Magnhild ^b   Sjögren, Karin ^b   Erlich, Henry A ^c   Petterson, Ulf ^a   Gyllensten, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028228832     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(94)90099-X     Document Type: Article

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