A whole genome association study in multiple sclerosis patients from north Portugal

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 116-119

  Silva, Berta Martins ^a,b   Thorlacius, Theodora ^c   Benediktsson, Kjartan ^c   Pereira, Clara ^a   Fossdal, Ragnheidur ^c   Jonsson, Hjortur H ^c   Silva, Ana ^d   Leite, Isabel ^d   Cerqueira, J ^a   Costa, Paulo P ^a,b   Marta, Monica ^d   Foltynie, Thomas ^e   Sawcer, Stephen ^e   Compston, Alastair ^e   Jonasdottir, Aslaug ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; DNA pooling; GAMES; Genomic screen; Linkage disequilibrium; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 10744219785     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.08.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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