Transforming growth factor-beta gene polymorphism in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis patients

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 510-515

  Niimi, Takashi ^a   Sato, S ^a   Sugiura, Y ^a   Yoshinouchi, T ^a   Akita, K ^a   Maeda, H ^a   Achiwa, H ^a   Ninomiya, S ^a   Akita, Y ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Nishio, M ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a   Morishita, M ^a   Shimizu, S ^a   Ueda, R ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene; Polymorphism; Sarcoidosis; TGF ; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; CODON; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CODON; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036015675     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/09640569513020     Document Type: Article

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