Multiple sclerosis in Gypsies from southern Spain: Prevalence, mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and HLA class II association

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 426-433

  Fernandez O ^a   Fernandez V ^a   Martinez Cabrera, V ^b   Mayorga, C ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Leon A ^a   Arnal, C ^c   Hens, M ^d   Luque, G ^a   De Ramon E ^a   Caballero, A ^a   Leyva, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^d Hosp Univ Ciudad de Jaén   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gypsies; Human leukocyte antigen class II; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GIPSY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GYPSIES; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 42349116669     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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