Occurrence and clinical relevance of an interleukin-4 gene polymorphism in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 189-192

  Vandenbroeck, Koen ^a   Martino, Gianvito ^a,b   Marrosu, Maria G ^c   Antonella Consiglio, ^a   Zaffaroni, Mauro ^d   Vaccargiu, Simona ^c   Franciotta, Diego ^e   Ruggeri, Martino ^f   Comi, Giancarlo ^b   Grimaldi, Luigi M E ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Gallarate   (Italy)

^e C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; Interleukin 4; Multiple sclerosis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030905315     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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