Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1185-1190

  Chatzidaki, Virginia ^a   Choumerianou, Despoina ^a   Dimitriou, Helen ^a   Kouroumalis, Elias ^a   Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

hepatitis B; mannose binding lectin; mother to child transmission; polymorphism; tumor necrosis factor a; vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84866315931     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328356440f     Document Type: Article

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