Febrile Seizures: Interleukin 1β and Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Polymorphisms

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-116

  Serdaroǧlu, Gul ^a   Alpman, Asude ^a   Tosun, Ayse ^a   Pehlivan, Sacide ^a   Özkinay, Ferda ^a   Tekgül, Hasan ^a   Gökben, Sarenur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 58149169138     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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