Serum DNA motifs predict disease and clinical status in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-319

  Beck, Julia ^a   Urnovitz, Howard B ^a   Saresella, Marina ^b   Caputo, Domenico ^b   Clerici, Mario ^b,c   Mitchell, William M ^d   Schütz, Ekkehard ^a  

^a Chronix Biomedical   (Germany)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951704213     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090170     Document Type: Article

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