European Ancestry Predominates in Neuromyelitis Optica and Multiple Sclerosis Patients from Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Brum, Doralina Guimarães ^a,b   Luizon, Marcelo Rizzatti ^a   Santos, Antônio Carlos ^a   Lana Peixoto, Marco Aurélio ^c   Rocha, Cristiane Franklin ^c   Brito, Maria Lucia ^d   de Oliveira, Enedina Maria Lobato ^e   Bichuetti, Denis Bernardi ^e   Gabbai, Alberto Alan ^e   Diniz, Denise Sisterolli ^f   Kaimen Maciel, Damacio Ramon ^g   Comini Frota, Elizabeth Regina ^c   Vieira Wiezel, Claudia E ^a   Muniz, Yara Costa Netto ^a   da Silva Costa, Roberta Martins ^a   Mendes Junior, Celso Teixeira ^a   Donadi, Eduardo Antônio ^a   Barreira, Amilton Antunes ^a   Simões, Aguinaldo Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DA RESTAURAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY INFORMATIVE MARKER; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENEALOGY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875195830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058925     Document Type: Article

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