Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms may be associated with risk of oedematous severe childhood malnutrition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-248

  Marshall, Kwesi G ^a   Howell, Sharon ^a   Reid, Marvin ^b   Badaloo, Asha ^a   Farrall, Martin ^c   Forrester, Terrence ^a   McKenzie, Colin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GSTP1; GSTT1; Oedematous childhood malnutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; VALINE; ISOENZYME; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POINT MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INFANT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; URINE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOENZYMES; ISOPROSTANES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 33750104781     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061825     Document Type: Article

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