title: Frequency of HLA-DPB1 alleles in multiple sclerosis patients from Northern Ireland.
abstract: 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 sclerosis patients.
authors.affiliation: Northern Ireland Tissue Typing Service, City Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trainor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mallon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hawkins
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D006682:HLA-DP Antigens