TNF-α promoter polymorphisms, production and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in different groups of patients

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-153

  Huizinga, Tom W J ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Bollen, Eduard L E M ^a   Keijsers, Vivian ^a   Brinkman, Brigitta M N ^a   Langermans, Jan A M ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Verweij, Cornelis L ^a   Van Gaer, Luc De ^b   Dams, Lieve ^b   Crusius, J Bart A ^c   García Gonzalez, Asunción ^c   Van Oosten, Bob W ^c   Polman, Chris H ^c   Peña, A Salvador ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Multiple Sclerosis Ctr Overpelt   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disease susceptibility; gene polymorhism; multiple sclerosis; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031047430     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00182-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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