Article
Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms of the interleukin-4 gene and atopic dermatitis.
Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC - 1 Jan 2015
Gharagozlou Mohammad, Behniafard Nasrin, Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Hosseinverdi Sima, Sotoudeh Soheila, Farhadi Elham, Khaledi Mojdeh, Aryan Zahra, Moghaddam Zahra Gholizadeh, Mahmoudi Maryam, Aghamohammadi Asghar, Rezaei Nima
Abstract excerpt
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease in which both genetic and environmental factors seem to be involved. Several studies investigated the association of certain genetic factors with AD in different ethnic groups, but conflicting data were obtained. This study was performed to check the possible association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of interleukin 4 (IL-4) and the IL-4...
Topics
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- Confidence Intervals
- Dermatitis, Atopic
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes