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Clinical relevance of the TNF-alpha promoter/enhancer polymorphism in patients with aplastic anemia.
Annals of hematology - 1 Oct 2002
Demeter Judit, Messer Gerald, Schrezenmeier Hubert
Abstract excerpt
Immune-mediated inhibition of hematopoiesis has been suspected as a major cause of the suppressed growth of progenitor cells in aplastic anemia (AA). Overproduction of TNF-alpha by bone marrow and peripheral blood-derived cells was shown to be of pathogenetic importance. Genetic factors have been suggested by higher specific histocompatibility antigen frequencies among AA patients as a group and among those...
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