Promoter polymorphism of IL-18 gene in pulmonary tuberculosis in South Indian population

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Harishankar, M ^a   Selvaraj, P ^a   Rajeswari, D N ^a   Anand, S P ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34548526020     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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