Linkage of the MHC to familial multiple sclerosis suggests genetic heterogeneity

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1229-1234

  Haines, Jonathan L ^a,d   Terwedow, Henry A ^a   Burgess, Katie ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a   Rimmler, Jackie B ^b   Martin, Eden R ^b   Oksenberg, Jorge R ^c   Lincoln, Robin ^c   Zhang, David Y ^c   Banatao, Diosdado R ^c   Gatto, Nicole ^c   Goodkin, Donald E ^c   Hauser, Stephen L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 7344223861     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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