Genetic polymorphism for IFNγ +874T/A in patients with acute toxoplasmosis;Polimorfismo genético para IFNγ +874T/A em pacientes com toxoplasmose aguda

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 757-760

  De Souza Neves, Elizabeth ^a   Curi, André Luis Land ^a   De Albuquerque, Maira Cavalcanti ^b   Palhano Silva, Cassius Schnel ^b   Da Silva, Laura Berriel ^a   Bueno, Wendy Fernandes ^a   Dos Reis Amendoeira, Maria Regina ^b   Da Gloria Bonecini Almeida, Maria ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Retinochoroiditis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIORETINITIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 84872306595     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822012000600020     Document Type: Article

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