Risk for multiple sclerosis in relatives and spouses of patients diagnosed with autoimmune and related conditions

Neurogenetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-11

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Li, Xinjun ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b   Hillert, Jan ^b   Sundquist, Kristina ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Disease genes; Familial risk; Sibling risk; Twins

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649108766     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-008-0156-y     Document Type: Article

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