An influence of Interferon-γ gene polymorphisms on treatment response to tuberculosis in Japanese population

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-469

  Shibasaki, Masataka ^a   Yagi, Tetsuya ^b   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^c   Okamoto, Masakazu ^c   Nishikawa, Mitsunori ^a   Baba, Hisashi ^b   Hashimoto, Naozumi ^c   Senda, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kawabe, Tsutomu ^d   Nakashima, Kazumitsu ^a   Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi ^c   Shimokata, Kaoru ^c   Hasegawa, Yoshinori ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 65649151337     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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