Strong association of a tumor necrosis factor-α promoter allele with cerebral malaria in Myanmar

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 407-410

  Ubalee, R ^a   Suzuki, F ^a   Kikuchi, M ^a   Tasanor, O ^b   Wattanagoon, Y ^c   Ruangweerayut, R ^d   Na Bangchang, K ^b   Karbwang, J ^b   Kimura, A ^e   Itoh, K ^f   Kanda, T ^g   Hirayama, K ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Japan Assoc of Tropical Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; Humans; Karen; Plasmodium falciparum; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Uncomplicated malaria

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MYANMAR; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035725935     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580610.x     Document Type: Article

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