The IL18 gene and Hashimoto thyroiditis in children

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-124

  Huang, Chi Yu ^a,b   Ting, Wei Hsin ^a,b   Lo, Fu Sung ^c   Wu, Yi Lei ^a,d   Chang, Tzu Yang ^a   Chan, Hui Wen ^a   Lin, Wen Shan ^a   Chen, Wei Fang ^a   Lien, Ya Ping ^a   Lee, Yann Jinn ^a,e,f  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870912185     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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