Role of myelin basic protein and proteolipid protein genes in multiple sclerosis: Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the human sequences

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-467

  Price, S E ^a   Sharpe, G ^a   Boots, A ^a   Poutsma, A ^a   Mason, C ^a   James, J ^a   Hinks, L ^a   Thompson, R J ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Mutation analysis; Myelin basic protein; Proteolipid protein; SSCP

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031473675     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1997.tb01322.x     Document Type: Article

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