Association of polymorphisms of interleukin-18 gene promoter region with chronic hepatitis B in Chinese Han population

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1594-1598

  Zhang, Ping An ^a,b   Wu, Jian Min ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Yang, Xiang Sheng ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Interleukin 18 gene; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17144378570     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i11.1594     Document Type: Article

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