Biliary cirrhosis in a child with inherited interleukin-12 deficiency

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-271

  Pulickal, Anoop S ^a   Hambleton, Sophie ^b   Callaghan, Martin J ^a   Moore, Catrin E ^a   Goulding, Jon ^c   Goodsall, Anna ^d   Baretto, Richard ^e   Lammas, David A ^e   Anderson, Suzanne T ^d   Levin, Michael ^f   Pollard, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCG; Biliary cirrhosis; Cytokine; Deficiency; IL 12; Interferon ; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BCG VACCINATION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 12 DEFICIENCY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-12; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 48549104467     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm119     Document Type: Article

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