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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism in chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jun 2002
Huang Chung-Ming, Wu Mei-Chen, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to determine whether IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene polymorphism is a marker of susceptibility to or severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Chinese patients. The study included 52 Chinese patients with SLE. One hundred and three unrelated, healthy individuals living in central Taiwan served as controls. From genomic DNA, the polymorphism of the gene for IL-1Ra was...
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