No association of tumor necrosis factor-α gene polymorphism and copd in caucasian smokers and japanese smokers

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 315-316

  Teramoto, Shinji ^a   Ishii, Takeo ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0035128897     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.315     Document Type: Letter

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