Linkage analysis of HLA class II genes in Swedish multiplex families with multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 758-762

  Fogdell, Anna ^a,b   Olerup, O ^a,b   Fredrikson, S ^b   Vrethem, M ^c   Hillert, J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA D ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030935570     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.3.758     Document Type: Article

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