The -308 TNFα gene polymorphism in severe acute alcoholic hepatitis: Identification of a new susceptibility marker

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 822-828

  Nguyen Khac, Eric ^a,b   Houchi, Hakim ^b   Daoust, Martine ^b   Dupas, Jean Louis ^a   Naassila, Mickaël ^b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic Polymorphism; Genetic Susceptibility; Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis; TNF 238; TNF 308; TNF 863

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 42549103050     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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