A functional polymorphism of Toll-like receptor 4 is not associated with likelihood or severity of meningococcal disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 640-642

  Read, Robert C ^a   Pullin, Jodie ^a   Gregory, Simone ^a   Borrow, Raymond ^b   Kaczmarski, Edward B ^b   Di Giovine, Francesco S ^a   Dower, Steven K ^a   Cannings, Chris ^a   Wilson, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0035450762     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322798     Document Type: Article

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