No association of vitamin D-binding protein gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with MS

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 177-179

  Niino, Masaaki ^a   Kikuchi, Seiji ^a   Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Multiple sclerosis; Polymorphism; Vitamin D binding protein

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 0036276978     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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