No evidence for interleukin-4 gene conferring susceptibility to myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 208-211

  Huang, Deren ^a   Xia, Shiqin ^b   Zhou, Yihua ^a   Pirskanen, Ritva ^c   Liu, Li ^b   Lefvert, Ann Kari ^a  

^a Center for Molecular Medicine   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B cell immunity; IL 4; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032413618     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00186-6     Document Type: Article

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