A study of interleukin-1 cluster genes in susceptibility to and severity of multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-127

  Luomala, Mari ^a,b   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b   Elovaara, Irina ^a   Wang, Xiu Yun ^b   Ukkonen, Maritta ^a   Mattila, Kari ^a,b   Laippala, Pekka ^a   Koivula, Timo ^a   Hurme, Mikko ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; IL 1 receptor antagonist; Interleukin 1; Multiple sclerosis; Severity; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-1; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 0035310922     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00482-8     Document Type: Article

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