Relation between tumour necrosis factor polymorphism TNFα-308 and risk of asthma

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 82-85

  Witte, John S ^a   Palmer, Lyle J ^a,b   O’connor, Richard D ^c,d   Hopkins, Penelope J ^e   Hall, Jeff M ^e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Sharp Rees Stealy Medical Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e PPGx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Candidate gene; Case control study; Genetics; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Tumour necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ADENOSINE; GUANINE; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 85047696279     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200746     Document Type: Article

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