Estrogen receptor gene polymorphism and multiple sclerosis in Japanese patients: Interaction with HLA-DRB1*1501 and disease modulation

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 77-81

  Kikuchi, Seiji ^a   Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Niino, Masaaki ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Miyagishi, Ryuji ^a   Hamada, Takeshi ^b   Tashiro, Kunio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Disease susceptibility; Estrogen receptor gene polymorphism; Gender effect; HLA DRB1*1501; Japanese; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RACE; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036289640     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00140-6     Document Type: Article

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