Snps in the tnf-α gene promoter associated with behçet's disease in moroccan patients

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1595-1599

  Radouane, Asmaa ^a,b   Oudghiri, Mounia ^b   Chakib, Abdelfettah ^c   Bennani, Siham ^a   Touitou, Isabelle ^d,e,f   Barat Houari, Mouna ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Génétique Moléculaire   (France)

^c IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior uveitis; Beh et's disease; Genital ulcers; Moroccan patients; TNF SNP association

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENITAL ULCER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; MOUTH ULCER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN DEFECT; TNF ALPHA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865323936     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes141     Document Type: Article

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