The TNFd4 allele is correlated to moderate-to-severe acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1133-1136

  Nordlander, Anna ^a   Uzunel, Mehmet ^a   Mattsson, Jonas ^a   Remberger, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute GVHD; Allogeneic stem cell transplantation; Gene polymorphisms; IL 10; TNF

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036456625     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03965.x     Document Type: Article

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