Importance of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II alleles on the risk of multiple sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Link, Jenny ^a   Kockum, Ingrid ^a   Lorentzen, Åslaug R ^b,c   Lie, Benedicte A ^b,d   Celius, Elisabeth G ^c   Westerlind, Helga ^a   Schaffer, Marie ^a   Alfredsson, Lars ^a   Olsson, Tomas ^a   Brynedal, Boel ^a   Harbo, Hanne F ^c,d   Hillert, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA A GENE; HLA B GENE; HLA C GENE; HLA DRB1 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ALLELE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SCANDINAVIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84860616847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036779     Document Type: Article

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