JAK2 and STAT3 polymorphisms in a Han Chinese population with Behçet's disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 538-541

  Hu, Ke ^a   Hou, Shengping ^a   Jiang, Zhengxuan ^a   Kijlstra, Aize ^b   Yang, Peizeng ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE 2; STAT3 PROTEIN; DNA; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; DNA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JANUS KINASE 2; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84858826791     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8440     Document Type: Article

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