Functional association of interleukin 18 gene -607 (C/A) promoter polymorphisms with disease course in Chinese patients with adult-onset Still's disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2284-2289

  Chen, Der Yuan ^a,b,c,d   Chen, Yi Ming ^a,c,d   Chen, Hsin Hua ^a,c,d   Hsieh, Chia Wei ^a,c,d   Lin, Chi Chen ^a,b   Lan, Joung Liang ^a,b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; Chinese; Disease course; Interleukin 18; Promoter polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 70450169781     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090316     Document Type: Article

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