Association between polymorphism of interleukin-1 β-511 promoter and susceptibility to febrile convulsions in Taiwanese children [6]

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1356-

  Chou, I C ^a   Tsai, C H ^b   Hsieh, Y Y ^a   Peng, C T ^a   Tsai, F J ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0345257307     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310006133     Document Type: Letter

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