Interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 receptor gene polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel diseases

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 287-289

  Klein, W ^a   Tromm, A ^b   Griga, T ^b   Fricke, H ^c   Folwaczny, C ^c   Hocke, M ^d   Eitner, K ^d   Marx, M ^a   Duerig, N ^a   Epplen, J T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association study; Colitis ulcerosa; Crohn's disease; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 4 receptor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTERITIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLELES; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-4; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 18044403415     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363779     Document Type: Article

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