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The biallelic variable number of tandem repeats of the tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 promoter in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Rheumatology international - 1 May 2003
Lee Young Ho, Rho Young Hee, Choi Seong Jae, Ji Jong Dae, Song Gwan Gyu
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) of the tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) promoter is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its clinical phenotypes. A biallelic VNTR within a 42-bp region in the TNFR2 gene promoter was determined by polymerase chain reaction in 88 SLE patients and 95 healthy control...
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