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Polymorphisms of the interleukin-4 gene in chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2003
Wu M C, Huang C M, Tsai J J P, Chen H Y, Tsai F J
Abstract excerpt
We aimed to evaluate the relationship between two polymorphisms of the IL4 gene (-590T/C and intron 3) and systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese patients in Taiwan. This study included 91 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 163 unrelated, age matched healthy controls living in the same area. The typing of -590T/C and intron 3 VNTR (variable number of tandem repeats) polymorphisms were performed...
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