Parental non-inherited HLA resistance alleles do not confer protection against multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 170-172

  Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b   Dyment, David A ^a,b   Herrera, Blanca M ^a,b   DeLuca, Gabriele C ^a,b   Lincoln, Matthew R ^a,b   Orton, Sarah M ^a,b   Handunnetthi, Lahiru ^a,b   Chao, Michael J ^a,b   Dessa Sadovnick, A ^c   Ebers, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; HLA; Multiple sclerosis; Non inherited alleles

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARENTS;

EID: 44349181965     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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