title: IL-6 Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Keloid Formation in a Japanese Population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashi-kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Mamiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tosa
authors.affiliation: Division of Personalized Genetic Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashi-kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan. Electronic address: ciem@nms.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghazizadeh
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D007627:Keloid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000072836:Surgical Wound / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6