Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphism in psoriasis

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-122

  Arias, Ana I ^a   Giles, Brian ^a   Eiermann, Thomas H ^b   Sterry, Wolfram ^c   Pandey, Janardan P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Inflammatory cytokines; Polymorphism; Promotor region; Psoriasis; TNF locus; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETIOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSORIASIS; RISK;

HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSORIASIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030736865     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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