Effect of the TNF-α-promoter polymorphism on cardiac allograft rejection

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 696-700

  Bedi, Maninder ^a   Postava, Lisa A ^a   Murali, Srinivas ^a   MacGowan, Guy A ^a   Mathier, Michael ^a   Shears, Lawrence ^a   Kormos, Robert ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^b   London, Barry ^a   McNamara, Dennis M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 2642561825     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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