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Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) gene polymorphism in Crohn's disease (CD): influence on disease behaviour?
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Louis E, Peeters M, Franchimont D, Seidel L, Fontaine F, Demolin G, Croes F, Dupont P, Davin L, Omri S, Rutgeerts P, Belaiche J
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) is a multifactorial disease with genetic heterogeneity. TNF-alpha plays a key role in the development of the mucosal lesions. The aim of our work was to study a single base pair polymorphism located in the promoter region of TNF gene, in a large population of CD patients with well defined phenotypes. One hundred and ninety-three patients with CD and 98 ethnically matched controls were...
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