Association of polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter region with outcome of hepatitis B virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 5213-5217

  Li, Hong Quan ^a   Li, Zhuo ^b   Liu, Ying ^a   Li, Jun Hong ^b   Dong, Jian Qun ^a   Gao, Ji Rong ^b   Gou, Chun Yan ^b   Li, Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Haplotype; Hepatitis B; Single nucleotide polymorphism; TNF gene

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 26244433900     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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