Polymorphisms at tumor necrosis factor (TNF) loci are not associated with Chagas' disease

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-83

  Beraun Y ^a   Nieto, A ^a   Collado, M D ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Martin J ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; TNF; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031869303     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03028.x     Document Type: Article

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