Article
Genetic predisposition to multiple sclerosis as revealed by immunoprinting.
Annals of neurology - 1 Mar 1997
Epplen C, Jäckel S, Santos E J, D'Souza M, Poehlau D, Dotzauer B, Sindern E, Haupts M, Rüde K P, Weber F, Stöver J, Poser S, Gehler W, Malin J P, Przuntek H, Epplen J T
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to examine the immunogenetic background predisposing to multiple sclerosis (MS). Three hundred fifty-eight clinically well-characterized MS patients from Germany were investigated and compared to 395 healthy control subjects. Each individual was genotyped for 22 polymorphi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Cytokines
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
