Association of the toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms with Behçet's disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 725-727

  Meguro, A ^a   Ota, M ^b   Katsuyama, Y ^b   Oka, A ^c   Ohno, S ^d   Inoko, H ^c   Mizuki, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HLA B ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BEHCET DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 42449144272     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.079871     Document Type: Letter

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