IL-18 gene promoter -137C/G and -607C/A polymorphisms in Chinese Han children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Dong, G P ^a   Yu, Z S ^a   Liang, L ^a   Zou, C C ^a   Fu, J F ^a   Wang, C L ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33947282273     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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