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Interleukin-1beta and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms in ankylosing spondylitis
1 Dec 2002
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Since ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which are associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), have been found to be variably associated with the IL-1B and the IL-1RN genes encoding interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), we have investigated whether these polymorphisms in IL-1B and IL-1RN are also involved in AS. METHODS: DNA was isolated from peripheral...
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