Interleukin-18 promoter gene -607C/A polymorphism and tuberculosis risk: A meta-analysis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3360-3363

  Li, Dian Dian ^a,b   Jia, Liu Qun ^a,b   Guo, Shu Jin ^a,b   Shen, Yong Chun ^a,b   Wen, Fu Qiang ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interleukin 18; Meta analysis; Polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 18 PROMOTER GENE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PROMOTER REGION; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84883516704     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130550     Document Type: Article

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