Variation in interleukin 7 receptor α chain (IL7R) influences risk of multiple sclerosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1108-1113

  Lundmark, Frida ^a   Duvefelt, Kristina ^a   Iacobaeus, Ellen ^a   Kockum, Ingrid ^a   Wallström, Erik ^a   Khademi, Mohsen ^a   Oturai, Annette ^b   Ryder, Lars P ^b   Saarela, Janna ^c   Harbo, Hanne F ^d,e   Celius, Elisabeth G ^e   Salter, Hugh ^f   Olsson, Tomas ^a   Hillert, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIGAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548368541     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng2106     Document Type: Article

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