Interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms in Egyptian patients with allergic diseases

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 385-389

  Ibrahim, Gehan Hussein ^a   ElTabbakh, Mohammed T ^a   Gomaa, Amal H A ^a   Mohamed, Eman A ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EGYPT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866320237     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2012.26.3806     Document Type: Article

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