Lack of association between interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism at position -174 and Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1 SUPPL. 44, 2007, Pages

  Amoli, Mahsa M ^a   Martin, Javier ^b   Miranda Filloy, Jose A ^c   Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^c   Ollier, William E R ^d   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous vasculitis; Cytokines; Gene polymorphisms; Henoch Sch nlein purpura; IL 6 gene ( 174 G C)

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; JOINT DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 34247544319     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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