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TNF polymorphisms are associated with toxic but not with aGVHD complications in the recipients of allogeneic sibling haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Sept 2003
Bogunia-Kubik K, Polak M, Lange A
Abstract excerpt
NcoI polymorphism within the promoter/enhancer region of TNFalpha and the first intron of TNFbeta encoding gene was analysed in 70 patients with haematological malignancies transplanted from HLA-identical sibling donors. The control group was composed of 130 healthy individuals. We showed that patients heterozygous for one or both TNF genes suffered more frequently from severe (grades III-IV) toxic complications...
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