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Chemokine receptor CCR2/CCR5 polymorphism in Spanish patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 2003
Aguilar Francisco, Núñez-Roldán Antonio, Torres Belén, Wichmann Ingeborg, Sánchez-Román Julio, González-Escribano Maria Francisca
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible association of CCR2 and CCR5 chemokine receptor gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility, clinical features, and the outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: We studied 276 patients with SLE and 194 ethnically matched healthy controls. Patients were stratified according to their clinical features and outcome. Genotyping of 190 (A/G) CCR2 and D32CCR5 was...
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