Heme oxygenase-1 polymorphisms and renal transplantation outcomes: Balancing at the detection limit of allelic association studies

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1077-1078

  Hribova, P ^a   Reinke, P ^b   Petrasek, J ^a   Brabcova, I ^a   Hubacek, J A ^a   Viklicky, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE 1;

ALLELE; CELL PROTECTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; TANDEM REPEAT;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149164356     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02207.x     Document Type: Letter

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