Familial clustering of multiple sclerosis in a Dutch genetic isolate

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Hoppenbrouwers, I A ^a   Cortes, L M Pardo ^a   Aulchenko, Y S ^a   Sintnicolaas, K ^b   Njajou, O ^a   Snijders, P J L M ^a   Oostra, B A ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Hintzen, R Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Zuidwest Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Genetically isolated population; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 33846512363     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506071216     Document Type: Article

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