No association between genetic polymorphism at codon 129 of the prion protein gene and primary progressive multiple sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-265

  Stüve, Olaf ^a,b   Wang, Joanne ^c   Chan, Andrew ^d   Hemmer, Bernhard ^e   Cepok, Sabine ^e   Nessler, Stefan ^f   Zipp, Frauke ^g   Goldman, Myla D ^h   Meuth, Sven G ⁱ   Korth, Carsten ^j   Lambracht Washington, Doris ^b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CODON; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS;

EID: 79951528017     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.354     Document Type: Letter

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