Multiple sclerosis recurrence risk for siblings in an isolated population of Central Sardinia, Italy

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-271

  Montomoli, Cristina ^a   Prokopenko, Inga ^b   Caria, Antonella ^b   Ferrai, Raffaela ^c   Mander, Adrian ^b   Seaman, Shaun ^c   Musu, Luigina ^b   Piras, Maria L ^c   Ticca, Anna F ^b   Murgia, Salvatore B ^c   Bernardinelli, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cox model; Oligogenic model; Sibling recurrence risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18344386782     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.0173     Document Type: Article

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