No linkage or association of a VNTR marker in the junction region of the immunoglobulin heavy chain genes in multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-264

  Ligers, A ^a   He, B ^b   Fogdell Hahn, A ^a   Olerup, O ^a   Hillert, J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030774868     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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