Role of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-K18 in Autoimmune Disease Susceptibility: Study in the Spanish Population and Meta-Analysis

Belén de la Hera; Jezabel Varadé; Marta García-Montojo; José Ramón Lamas; Ana de la Encarnación; Rafael Arroyo; Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez; Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente; Elena Urcelay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062090

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Role of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-K18 in Autoimmune Disease Susceptibility: Study in the Spanish Population and Meta-Analysis

Belén de la Hera ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Elena Urcelay

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Jezabel Varadé ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Elena Urcelay

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Marta García-Montojo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Elena Urcelay

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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José Ramón Lamas,

Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Ana de la Encarnación,

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Rafael Arroyo,

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez,

Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Elena Urcelay

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Elena Urcelay

Contributed equally to this work with: Belén de la Hera, Jezabel Varadé, Marta García-Montojo, Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente, Elena Urcelay

* E-mail: eurcelay.hcsc@salud.madrid.org

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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Role of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-K18 in Autoimmune Disease Susceptibility: Study in the Spanish Population and Meta-Analysis

Belén de la Hera,
Jezabel Varadé,
Marta García-Montojo,
José Ramón Lamas,
Ana de la Encarnación,
Rafael Arroyo,
Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez,
Roberto Álvarez-Lafuente,
Elena Urcelay

Published: April 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062090

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