Both the HLA-DPB1 and -DRB1 alleles correlate with risk for multiple sclerosis in Japanese: Clinical phenotypes and gender as important factors

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^a,e   Yamasaki, K ^b   Ito, H ^c   Kikuchi, S ^d   Minohara, M ^b   Horiuchi, I ^b   Tsukishima, E ^d   Sasaki, H ^d   Hamada, T ^a   Nishimura, Y ^c   Tashiro, K ^d   Kira, J ^b  

^a Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; Gender effect; HLA DPB1; HLA DRB1; Japanese; Multiple sclerosis; Optico spinal MS

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1; HLA-DPB1; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ALLELE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PHENOTYPE; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034149934     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.550302.x     Document Type: Article

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