Sleep medicine, 2014-02, Vol.15 (2), p.228-235
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Variants in C-reactive protein and IL-6 genes and susceptibility to obstructive sleep apnea in children: a candidate-gene association study in European American and Southeast European populations
- Ist Teil von
- Sleep medicine, 2014-02, Vol.15 (2), p.228-235
- Ort / Verlag
- Netherlands: Elsevier B.V
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Highlights • Associations of CRP and IL-6 gene variants with OSA were assessed. • European American and Greek children were studied. • Significant odds ratios were found for CRP gene variants in American children. • There was also an indication of allele C recessiveness for the IL-6 gene variant. • No association was detected for any variant in Greek children.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1389-9457eISSN: 1878-5506DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.08.795Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3940266
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- C-reactive protein, C-Reactive Protein - genetics, Child, Child, Preschool, European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics, Female, Genetic association, Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics, Genotype, Greece - epidemiology, Haplotypes, Humans, Inflammation, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-6 - genetics, Male, Neurology, Obstructive sleep apnea, Obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics, Polysomnography, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - genetics, Sleep Medicine, United States - epidemiology