The interleukin-4 -589C/T polymorphism and the risk of asthma: A meta-analysis including 7345 cases and 7819 controls

Gene

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Nie, Wei ^a   Zhu, Zhaoqin ^b   Pan, Xin ^c   Xiu, Qingyu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhenjiang College   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Interleukin 4; Meta analysis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875807368     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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