Transforming growth factor-β1 polymorphisms in Korean patients with systemic sclerosis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-495

  Lee, E B ^a   Kim, J Y ^a   Lee, Y J ^a   Abdallah, A ^b   Lympany, P ^b   Song, Y W ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Koreans; Systemic sclerosis; TGF 1 polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 2442560105     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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