The IFN-γ+874T/A gene polymorphism is associated with retinochoroiditis toxoplasmosis susceptibility

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-455

  de Albuquerque, Maíra Cavalcanti ^a   do Couto Aleixo, Ana Luisa Quintella ^b   Benchimol, Eliezer Israel ^b   Leandro, Ana Cristina Câmara S ^c   das Neves, Leandro Batista ^a   Vicente, Regiane Trigueiro ^a   Bonecini Almeida, Maria da Glória ^c   Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Referências em Infecções Oftalmológicas

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Interferon gamma; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

MANSA; SENNA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67649518916     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762009000300009     Document Type: Article

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