Polymorphism studies in critical illness - We have to raise the bar

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1424-1425

  Waterer, Grant W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Genetics; Multiple testing; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 34247398365     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000262397.40796.F1     Document Type: Editorial

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