Association of tumour necrosis factor α promoter haplotype with chronic pancreatitis [20]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1674-1676

  Chang, M C ^a   Chang, Y T ^a   Tien, Y W ^a   Liang, P C ^a   Wei, S C ^a   Wong, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33750349046     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.103085     Document Type: Letter

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