Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms in Turkish patients with sarcoidosis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-165

  Seyhan, E C ^a,d   Cetinkaya, E ^a   Altin, S ^a   Gunluoglu, M Z ^a   Demir, A ^a   Koksal, V ^b   Issever, H ^c  

^a Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b BURC Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Turkey   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Sarcoidosis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; TURKEY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 47549090243     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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