A whole genome association study in Finnish multiple sclerosis patients with 3669 markers

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 70-73

  Laaksonen, M ^a,b   Jonasdottir, A ^c   Fossdal, R ^c   Ruutiainen, J ^d   Sawcer, S ^e   Compston, A ^e   Benediktsson, K ^c   Thorlacius, T ^c   Gulcher, J ^c   Ilonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^d Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE POOL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10744230258     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.08.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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