Tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with gout

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-389

  Chen, Man Ling ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a,c   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a,b   Huang, Chung Ming ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Gout; IL 4; TNF

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GOUT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TAIWAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34447649215     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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