Polymorphisms in inflammatory cytokines and fcγ receptors in childhood chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura: A pilot study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 596-599

  Foster, Charles B ^a   Zhu, Shaoxian ^a   Erichsen, Hans Christian ^a   Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a   Hart, Elizabeth S ^a   Choi, Eunhwa ^a   Stein, Steven ^a   Smith, Michael W ^b   Steinberg, Seth M ^a   Imbach, Paul ^c   Kühne, Thomas ^c   Chanock, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Cytokines; Fc gamma receptors; Genetic associations

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYTOKINES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE A4; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECEPTORS, IGG; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034993759     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02807.x     Document Type: Article

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