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Interleukin-18-607 C/A gene polymorphism in Egyptian asthmatic children /

Amira Ahmed Abdelwahab

Interleukin-18-607 C/A gene polymorphism in Egyptian asthmatic children / تعدد أشكال جين الإنترلوكين٦٠٧-١٨ سى/ايه الشعبى لدى الأطفال المصريين Amira Ahmed Abdelwahab ; Supervised Hala Hamdi Shaaban , Abeer Mohamed Mohy , Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdelrazek - Cairo : Amira Ahmed Abdelwahab , 2012 - 142 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Asthma is a multifactorial respiratory disease determined by interactions of multiple disease susceptibility genes and environmental factors. IL-18 is an important cytokine for initiating and perpetuating the catabolic and inflammatory response in allegic asthma. A number of SNPs that influence IL-18 production are found in the gene promoter region



Definition of asthma Etiology of asthma Incidence and prevalence of asthma