An association between asthma and TNF-308G/A polymorphism: Meta-analysis

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-685

  Aoki, Takeshi ^a   Hirota, Tomomitsu ^b   Tamari, Mayumi ^b   Ichikawa, Kunio ^a   Takeda, Kazunori ^c   Arinami, Tadao ^d   Shibasaki, Masanao ^e   Noguchi, Emiko ^d  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c Institute of Disability Sciences   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control; Meta analysis; Polymorphism; TDT; TNF

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952883550     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-006-0007-3     Document Type: Article

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