title: MS genetics: recent Scandinavian efforts.
abstract: As a potential founder population of MS, the Scandinavian ethnic group is of special interest in MS genetics. Project in these countries have recently led to several reports, including associations with HLA class I, CTLA-4 and suggestive linkage to several chromosomal candidate loci. The analysis of isolated populations within Scandinavia may also prove to be rewarding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge Hospital, SE-141 86, Huddinge Sjukhus, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hillert
mesh_terms: D018703:Founder Effect; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens