Identification of susceptibility genes for Kawasaki disease

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Onouchi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; SNP; Susceptibility gene

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE 3 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; CALCIUM; HLA ANTIGEN; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE 3-KINASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77953680919     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.33.73     Document Type: Review

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