@article{0fef69940de941e2be756d7a858e0865,
title = "Interleukin-7 receptor alpha gene polymorphism influences multiple sclerosis risk in Asians",
author = "L. Fang and N. Isobe and S. Yoshimura and T. Yonekawa and T. Matsushita and K. Masaki and H. Doi and K. Ochi and K. Miyamoto and Y. Kawano and J. Kira",
note = "Funding Information: Disclosure: Dr. Fang receives research support from a Japan-China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship. Dr. Isobe, Dr. Yoshimura, and Dr. Yonekawa report no disclosures. Dr. Matsushita has received speaker honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; and receives research support from Bayer Schering Pharma and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Dr. Masaki, Dr. Doi, Dr. Ochi, Dr. Miyamoto, and Dr. Kawano report no disclosures. Dr. Kira has received funding for travel and/or speaker honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma and Biogen Idec; serves as a consultant for Biogen Idec; serves on the editorial board of Multiple Sclerosis, The Open Neurology Journal, and Journal of the Neurological Sciences; serves as a consultant for Biogen Idec; and receives research support from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan. Funding Information: The authors received technical support from the Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. Funding Information: Study funding: Supported in part by a Japan-China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship , a grant (H20-Nanchi-Ippan-016) from the Research Committees of Neuroimmunological Diseases, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, and a grant-in-aid ( B; no. 22390178 ) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan . ",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821f466c",
language = "English",
volume = "76",
pages = "2125--2127",
journal = "Neurology",
issn = "0028-3878",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "24",
}