The Clara cell10 adenine38guanine polymorphism and sarcoidosis susceptibility in Dutch and Japanese subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1185-1187

  Janssen, Rob ^b   Sato, Hiroe ^b   Grutters, Jan C ^b   Ruven, Henk J T ^b   Du Bois, Ron M ^b   Matsuura, Ryosuke ^b   Yamazaki, Masao ^b   Kunimaru, Shigeki ^b   Izumi, Takateru ^b   Welsh, Ken I ^b   Nagai, Sonoko ^b   Van Den Bosch, Jules M M ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clara cell secretory protein 10; Polymorphism; Sarcoidosis; Uteroglobin

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; GUANINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; CLARA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SARCOIDOSIS; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 9644255580     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200404-481OC     Document Type: Review

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