Promoter region polymorphism (-174 G/C) of interleukin-6 gene and SLE; are they associated?

Egyptian Rheumatologist

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Abbas, Doaa ^a   Hamdy, Enas ^a   Helal, Manal Mahmoud ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

174 G C polymorphism and SLE; IL 6 gene; Promoter region

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6 GENE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84880396068     PISSN: 11101164     EISSN: 20902433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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