DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 loci and multiple sclerosis predisposition in the Sardinian population

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1235-1237

  Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^a   Murru, Maria Rita ^a   Costa, Gianna ^a   Murru, Raffaele ^a   Muntoni, Francesco ^b   Cucca, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031824226     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.8.1235     Document Type: Article

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