Serum MMP-9 is elevated in children with asthma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-464

  Hong, Zhu ^a   Lin, Ya Mei ^a   Qin, Xin ^a   Peng, Jiang Long ^a  

^a HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84862932606     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.656     Document Type: Article

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