TY - BOOK AU - Amira Ahmed Abdelwahab AU - Abdelrahman Ahmed Abdelrazek , AU - Abeer Mohamed Mohy , AU - Hala Hamdi Shaaban , TI - Interleukin-18-607 C/A gene polymorphism in Egyptian asthmatic children / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amira Ahmed Abdelwahab , KW - Definition of asthma KW - Etiology of asthma KW - Incidence and prevalence of asthma N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -