Polymorphism of the 5'-flanking region of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α gene and susceptibility to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) uveitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 880-883

  Seki, Naoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazunari ^b   Yamada, Akira ^a,d   Kamizono, Shintaro ^a   Sugita, Sunao ^a   Taguchi, Chikako ^a   Matsuoka, Masao ^b   Matsumoto, Hajime ^a   Nishizaka, Shinya ^a   Itoh, Kyogo ^a   Mochizuki, Manabu ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; UVEITIS;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UVEITIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032827184     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314917     Document Type: Article

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