Interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 receptor polymorphisms in minimal change nephropathy

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 665-668

  Parry, R G ^a   Gillespie, K M ^a   Parnham, A ^a   Clark, A G B ^b   Mathieson, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene; Interleukin 4; Minimal change nephropathy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTRONS; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 0032988804     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS19980391     Document Type: Article

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