Increased frequency of interleukin-1β (-511) allele 2 in febrile seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-195

  Virta, Miia ^a   Hurme, Mikko ^a   Helminen, Merja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0036214453     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(01)00380-0     Document Type: Article

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