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Strong association of a tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter allele with cerebral malaria in Myanmar.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 2001
Ubalee R, Suzuki F, Kikuchi M, Tasanor O, Wattanagoon Y, Ruangweerayut R, Na-Bangchang K, Karbwang J, Kimura A, Itoh K, Kanda T, Hirayama K
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the host genetic factors affecting the clinical course of falciparum malaria, polymorphism of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) promoter region was analyzed in patients with cerebral malaria. Two hundred and forty-three Myanmar patients with falciparum malaria at Mae Sot Malaria clinic and Mae Sot General Hospital located at the border between Thailand and Myanmar, were included in this...
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