Association of the APOE ε4 allele with disease activity in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-205

  Evangelou, Nikos ^a   Jackson, Mandy ^a   Beeson, David ^a   Palace, Jackie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Genetics; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE INJURY; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; DISABILITY; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032588236     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.2.203     Document Type: Article

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