A Taqman assay for high-throughput genotyping of the multiple sclerosis-associated HLA-DRB1*1501 allele

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-403

  Goris, A ^a,b   Walton, A ^b   Ban, M ^b   Dubois, B ^a   Compston, A ^b   Sawcer, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; DR15; HLA DRB1; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR1501 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 51649085643     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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