Polymorphisms of heme oxygenase-1 and bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes are not associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Kanai, Masayo ^d   Tanabe, Saori ^d   Okada, Masahiko ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^d   Niki, Takao ^d   Katsuura, Michihiko ^b   Akiba, Tomoharu ^c   Hayasaka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Prefectural Kahoku Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Municipal Hospital Saiseikan   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin UDP glucuronosyltransferase; Heme oxygenase 1; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROMOTER REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0141996321     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.200.155     Document Type: Article

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