A whole-genome admixture scan finds a candidate locus for multiple sclerosis susceptibility

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1113-1118

  Reich, David ^a,b   Patterson, Nick ^b   De Jager, Philip L ^a,b,c   McDonald, Gavin J ^a,b   Waliszewska, Alicja ^a,b,c   Tandon, Arti ^a,b   Lincoln, Robin R ^d   DeLoa, Cari ^d   Fruhan, Scott A ^a,c   Cabre, Philippe ^e   Bera, Odile ^e   Semana, Gilbert ^f   Kelly, M Ann ^g   Francis, David A ^g   Ardlie, Kristin ^h   Khan, Omar ⁱ   Cree, Bruce A C ^d   Hauser, Stephen L ^d   Oksenberg, Jorge R ^d   Hafler, David A ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Clinique Neurolique   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h Genomics Collaborative   (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 27144472560     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1646     Document Type: Article

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