A genome-wide screen for linkage disequilibrium in Sardinian multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 120-123

  Coraddu, Francesca ^a,b   Lai, Marina ^b   Mancosu, Cristina ^b   Cocco, Eleonora ^b   Sawcer, Stephen ^a   Setakis, Efrosini ^c   Compston, Alastair ^a   Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetically isolated; Genome screen; Linkage disequilibrium; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0142186246     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.08.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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