Haplotype analysis of the interleukin-18 gene in Czech patients with allergic disorders

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 592-597

  Izakovicova Holla, Lydie ^a   Hrdlič ková, Barbara ^a   Schüller, Marcel ^b   Buckova, Dana ^c   Kindlova, Dagmar ^b   Izakovic, Vincent ^d   Vasku, Anna ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d Private practice ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Asthma; Haplotype; IL 18; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LETHAL GENE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77952888192     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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