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Association between adult-onset Still's disease and interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms.
Genes and immunity - 1 Nov 2002
Sugiura T, Kawaguchi Y, Harigai M, Terajima-Ichida H, Kitamura Y, Furuya T, Ichikawa N, Kotake S, Tanaka M, Hara M, Kamatani N
Abstract excerpt
Recently, we reported that serum concentration of IL-18 is strikingly high in patients with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). The aim of the present study was to screen for genetic polymorphisms in the human IL-18 (hIL-18) gene and to determine the association of polymorphisms with susceptibili...
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