Association between microchimerism and multiple sclerosis in Canadian twins

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Willer, Cristen J ^a   Herrera, Blanca M ^a   Morrison, Katie M E ^a   Sadovnick, A D ^c   Ebers, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microchimerism; Multiple sclerosis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CHIMERISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33748968122     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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