TNF-376A marks susceptibility to MS in the Spanish population A replication study

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 809-810

  Martínez, Alfonso ^a   Rubio, A ^a   Urcelay, E ^a   Fernandez Arquero M ^a   De Las Heras, V ^a   Arroyo, R ^a   Villoslada, P ^b   Montalban X ^c   De La Concha, E G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; TNF 376A GENE;

EID: 1542316167     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000113722.93895.8B     Document Type: Article

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