Re: Lack of association between the IL1A gene (-889) polymorphism and outcome after head injury. Tanriverdi T et al. Surg Neurol 2006;65:7-10; discussion 10

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-335

  Dardiotis, Efthimios ^a   Dardioti, Maria ^a   Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M ^a   Paterakis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 33747771350     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.05.042     Document Type: Letter

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