Association of cytokine gene polymorphisms with bronchial asthma in Macedonians

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-156

  Trajkov, Dejan ^a   Mirkovska Stojkovikj, Jagoda ^a   Arsov, Todor ^a   Petlichkovski, Aleksandar ^a   Strezova, Ana ^a   Efinska Mladenovska, Olivija ^a   Sandevska, Emilija ^a   Gogusev, Jean ^b   Spiroski, Mirko ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Cytokine polymorphism; Macedonians

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 52249101192     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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