Human leukocyte antigen-DR15, low infant sibling exposure and multiple sclerosis: Gene-environment interaction

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-265

  Van Der Mei, Ingrid A F ^a   Ponsonby, Arine Louise ^a,b   Taylor, Bruce V ^a   Stankovich, Jim ^a,c   Dickinson, Joanne L ^a   Foote, Simon ^a   Kemp, Andrew ^d   Dwyer, Terence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Walter and Hall Eliza Institute of Medical Research ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; HLA DR15 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW INFANT SIBLING EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 77949405033     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21849     Document Type: Article

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