Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in toll-like receptor genes with asthma risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-140

  Tizaoui, Kalthoum ^a   Kaabachi, Wajih ^a   Hamzaoui, Kamel ^a   Hamzaoui, Agnès ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Association; Asthma; Meta analysis; SNPs; TLR genes

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CODOMINANCE; EMBASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84929711985     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2015.7.2.130     Document Type: Article

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