Functional IL-10 gene polymorphism is associated with Chagas disease cardiomyopathy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-454

  Costa, Germano C ^a   Rocha, Manoel Otávio Da Costa ^a   Moreira, Paula Rocha ^a   Menezes, Cristiane Alves Silva ^a   Silva, Micena R ^a   Gollob, Kenneth J ^a   Dutra, Walderez O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849121536     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596061     Document Type: Article

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