A predominant role for the HLA class II region in the association of the MHC region with multiple sclerosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1108-1112

  Lincoln, Matthew R ^a,b   Montpetit, Alexandre ^c,d   Cader, M Zameel ^a,b   Saarela, Janna ^e   Dyment, David A ^a,b   Tiislar, Milvi ^c   Ferretti, Vincent ^c   Tienari, Pentti J ^f   Sadovnick, A Dessa ^g   Peltonen, Leena ^e,f,h   Ebers, George C ^a,b   Hudson, Thomas J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 27144538977     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1647     Document Type: Article

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