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Relation of a TNF gene polymorphism to severe sepsis in trauma patients.
Annals of surgery - 1 Aug 1999
Majetschak M, Flohé S, Obertacke U, Schröder J, Staubach K, Nast-Kolb D, Schade F U, Stüber F
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation of the biallelic Nco1 restriction fragment length polymorphism in the first intron of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) beta gene with the development of severe sepsis in multiply injured patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: The biallelic Nco1 polymorphism of the TNFbeta gene has been described to be associated with autoimmune diseases and with the mortality rate in severe...
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