Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms and aspergillosis [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 634-636

  Levitz, Stuart M ^a   Shoham, Shmuel ^b   Cleary, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TLR4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TLR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; NEUTROPENIA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 84860266585     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc082337     Document Type: Letter

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