Article
Frequency of HLA-DPB1 alleles in multiple sclerosis patients from Northern Ireland.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 1992
Middleton D, Savage D A, Cullen C, Trainor F, Mallon E, Hawkins S
Abstract excerpt
Using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes, no altered distribution in the frequency of HLA-DPB1 alleles was found in multiple sclerosis patients from Northern Ireland. Although present in the controls, linkage disequilibrium between HLA-DPB1*0101 and HLA-DR17 was not found in multiple sclero...
Topics
- Alleles
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-DP Antigens
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Northern Ireland
