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Interleukin-1beta gene and receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms in patients with calcium oxalate stones.
Urological research - 1 Oct 2001
Chen W C, Wu H C, Chen H Y, Wu M C, Hsu C D, Tsai F J
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) might play a role in the process of bone loss and hypercalciuria and is therefore considered to be involved in the formation of urinary stones. The aim of this study is to test whether the IL-1beta promoter region, exon 5 region and IL-1 receptor antagonist gene intron 2 polymorphisms could be genetic markers for the susceptibility to the formation of urinary stones. A control group of 152...
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