Apolipoprotein E ε4 is associated with rapid progression of multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 853-857

  Fazekas, Franz ^a   Strasser Fuchs, S ^a   Kollegger, H ^b   Berger, T ^c   Kristoferitsch, W ^d   Schmidt, H ^a   Enzinger, C ^a   Schiefermeier, M ^b   Schwarz, C ^b   Kornek, B ^b   Reindl, M ^c   Huber, K ^e   Grass, R ^d   Wimmer, G ^d   Vass, K ^b   Pfeiffer, K H ^c   Hartung, H P ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0035845431     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.5.853     Document Type: Article

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