Article
Possible association between multiple sclerosis and the human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV)-related endogenous element, HRES-1.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Oct 1996
Rasmussen H B, Heltberg A, Christensen K, Clausen J
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we searched for an association between the human endogenous retroviral element HRES-1 and multiple sclerosis (MS). Fragments of this endogenous retrovirus were amplified for subsequent examination by single strand conformational analysis. We did not find HRES-1 markers exclus...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antigens, Nuclear
- Antigens, Viral
- Autoantigens
- DNA Primers
- Deltaretrovirus
- Genotype
- Humans
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Retroviridae Proteins