Tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter polymorphism at position -238 is associated with chronic active hepatitis C infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Höhler, Thomas ^a   Kruger, Anke ^a   Gerken, Guido ^a   Schneider, Peter M ^a   Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Karl H ^a   Rittner, Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Linkage disequilibrium; Major histocompatibility complex; Viral clearance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; VIREMIA;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 2642638793     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199803)54:3<173::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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