Is tumor necrosis factor-376A promoter polymorphism associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis?

Medicina

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-438

  Kauffman, Marcelo A ^a   Moron, Dolores Gonzalez ^a   Sandoval, Gustavo ^a   Sica, Roberto E ^a   Garcea, Orlando ^a   Villa, Andres M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Genetic risk; Multiple sclerosis; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ALLELES; ARGENTINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

EID: 36049003593     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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