Parent-of-origin of HLA-DRB11501 and age of onset of multiple sclerosis

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 547-549

  Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b   Byrnes, Jake K ^a   Dyment, David A ^a,b   Guimond, Colleen ^c   Handunnetthi, Lahiru ^a,b   Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Yee, Irene M ^c   Ebers, George C ^a,b   Sadovnick, A Dessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Genetics; HLA; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349584317     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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