Tumor necrosis factor polymorphisms and acute reflection: Proven link or provisional association

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1237-1239

  Marshall, Sara E ^a,b   Welsh, Ken I ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034655375     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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