Genes for multiple sclerosis

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9609, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b   Ebers, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 5P; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7;

EID: 38949123105     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60145-2     Document Type: Note

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