Association of glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism with myasthenia gravis

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 3035-3037

  Wang, Li Li ^a   Xie, Yan Chen ^a   Hou, Shi Fang ^a   Feng, Kai ^a   Yin, Jian ^a   Xu, Xian Hao ^a   Li, Zun Bo ^a   Wang, Ying Peng ^a   Xiong, Ting ^a   Liu, Jian Jun ^a   Shen, Ding Guo ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Myasthenia Gravis; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NR3C1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84871527147     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.43.004     Document Type: Article

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