Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 A49G polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to and severity of alcoholic liver disease in Italian patients

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-280

  Valenti, Luca ^a   De Feo, Tullia ^a   Fracanzani, Anna Ludovica ^a   Fatta, Erika ^a   Salvagnini, Mario ^c   Aricò, Sarino ^d   Rossi, Giorgio ^b   Fiorelli, Gemino ^a   Fargion, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALCOHOL; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GUANINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADENINE; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GUANINE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 3242758298     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh047     Document Type: Article

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