Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-313

  Warchol T ^a   Lianeri, M ^a   Olesinska M ^b   Jagodziński, Paweł P ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

IL 18; Polymorphisms; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERLEUKIN-18; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959516038     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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