HLA-DRB1 and tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Ma, Jian Jun ^a   Nishimura, Masataka ^a   Mine, Hideko ^b   Saji, Hiroh ^b   Ohta, Mitsuhiro ^a   Saida, Kyoko ^a   Ozawa, Kyoko ^a   Kawakami, Hideshi ^c   Saida, Takahiko ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^d  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA; Microsatellite; Multiple sclerosis; Polymorphism; TNF

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0344076307     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00189-1     Document Type: Article

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