Association between the ancestral haplotype HLA A30B18DR3 and multiple sclerosis in central Sardinia

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-283

  Bitti, P P ^a   Murgia, B S ^a   Ticca, A ^a   Ferrai, R ^a   Musu, L ^a   Piras, M L ^a   Puledda, E ^b   Campo, S ^b   Durando, S ^b   Montomoli, C ^b   Clayton, D G ^c   Mander, A P ^c   Bernardinelli, L ^b  

^a SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; EM algorithm; Haplotype analysis, condition independence, log linear modeling; Malaria; Unknown gametic phase

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; ITALY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALARIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035135086     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200102)20:2<271::AID-GEPI9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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