Three TNFα single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Japanese population

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 579-583

  Shinohara, Y ^a   Ezura, Y ^a   Iwasaki, H ^a   Nakazawa, I ^a   Ishida, R ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Kodaira, M ^a   Kajita, M ^a   Shiba, T ^a   Emi, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM;

JAPAN;

DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 18644376937     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460110116444     Document Type: Article

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