Plasma vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and VEGF-A gene polymorphism are associated with hydrocele development in lymphatic filariasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Debrah, Alexander Yaw ^a   Mand, Sabine ^b   Toliat, Mohammad Reza ^c   Marfo Debrekyei, Yeboah ^d   Batsa, Linda ^d   Nürnberg, Peter ^c   Lawson, Bernard ^a   Adjei, Ohene ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^b   Pfarr, Kenneth ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ELEPHANTIASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 38449106376     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.601     Document Type: Article

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