Search for genetic factors associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 264-269

  Forte, Giusi Irma ^a   Ragonese, Paolo ^a   Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Scola, Letizia ^a   Candore, Giuseppina ^a   D'Amelio, Marco ^a   Crivello, Antonio ^a   Di Benedetto, Norma ^a   Nuzzo, Domenico ^a   Giacalone, Antonio ^a   Lio, Domenico ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokine polymorphisms; IL 10; IL 12; Multiple sclerosis; SNP; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH1 CELL;

EID: 33744467956     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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