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Analysis of IL6 and IL1A gene polymorphisms in UK and Dutch patients with sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG - 1 Mar 2003
Grutters Jan C, Sato Hiroe, Pantelidis Panagiotis, Ruven Henk J T, McGrath Deirdre S, Wells Athol U, van den Bosch Jules M M, Welsh Kenneth I, du Bois Roland M
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BACKGROUND: Proinflammatory cytokines are a major determinant in the inflammatory events leading to sarcoidosis. Genetic variations in the genes encoding these cytokines might contribute to sarcoidosis susceptibility, disease severity and outcome. METHODS: In the present study we genotyped two clinically well-defined cohorts of Caucasian sarcoidosis patients from different European countries (each with their own...
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