Association of TNF-alpha, TNF-beta, IFN-gamma and IL-1Ra gene polymorphisms with Grave's disease in the Thai population

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-211

  Nakkuntod, Jeerawat ^a   Wongsurawat, Thidathip ^a   Charoenwongse, Preeyachit ^a   Snabboon, Thiti ^a   Sridama, Vitaya ^a   Hirankarn, Nattiya ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; THAILAND; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THAILAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33847358123     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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