Interleukin-18 single nucleotide polymorphisms contribute to the susceptibility to brucellosis in Iranian patients

Cytokine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-276

  Rasouli, Manoochehr ^a   Kalani, Mehdi ^a   Moravej, Ali ^a   Kiany, Simin ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucella; Genetic polymorphisms; Interleukin 18; Iran

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INHERITANCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-18; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA;

EID: 79955155111     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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