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Association of tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms and prolonged mechanical ventilation after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Critical care medicine - 1 Jan 2003
Yende Sachin, Quasney Michael W, Tolley Elizabeth, Zhang Qing, Wunderink Richard G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Prolonged mechanical ventilation is a common complication after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Tumor necrosis factor alpha is an important proinflammatory mediator in the post-coronary artery bypass graft inflammatory cascade. We attempted to study the effect of polymorphisms at the -308 site in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor gene (TNF-308) and the +250 site within the...
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