Association of G-174C polymorphism of the interleukin-6 gene promoter with graves' ophthalmopathy

Autoimmunity

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-226

  Bednarczuk, Tomasz ^a   Kuryłowicz, Alina ^a   Hiromatsu, Yuji ^b   Kiljański, Jacek ^c   Telichowska, Anna ^c   Nauman, Janusz ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetic; Graves' disease; Interleukin 6; Ophthalmopathy; Thyroid autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLAND; PROMOTER REGION; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 4444293642     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891693042000193320     Document Type: Article

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