Polymorphisms in the 5'-flanking region of tumor necrosis factor-α gene in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-197

  Seki, N ^a   Kamizono, S ^a   Yamada, A ^a,f   Higuchi, T ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Niiya, F ^a   Kimura, A ^b   Tsuchiya, K ^c   Suzuki, R ^d   Date, Y ^a   Tomita, T ^e   Itoh, K ^a   Ochi, T ^e  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumor necrosis factor gene

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032848058     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540212.x     Document Type: Article

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