Interferon-γ gene and interferon-γ receptor-1 gene polymorphisms in children with tuberculosis from Turkey

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-42

  Onay, Huseyin ^a   Ekmekci, Aslihanyilmaz ^a   Durmaz, Burak ^a   Sayin, Eren ^a   Cosar, Hese ^a   Bayram, Nuri ^a   Can, Demet ^b   Akin, Haluk ^a   Ozkinay, Cihangir ^a   Ozkinay, Ferda ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IFN GAMMA GENE; IFN GAMMAR1 GENE; INTRON; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 77149163365     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903253502     Document Type: Article

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