Genomewide scan of multiple sclerosis in Finnish multiplex families

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1379-1387

  Kuokkanen, Satu ^a   Gschwend, Michele ^b   Rioux, John D ^b   Daly, Mark J ^b   Terwilliger, Joseph D ^d   Tienari, Pentti J ^a   Wikström, Juhani ^a   Palo, Jorma ^a   Stein, Lincoln D ^b   Hudson, Thomas J ^b   Lander, Eric S ^b,c   Peltonen, Leena ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 6P; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344367913     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301637     Document Type: Article

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