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Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphism is associated with enhanced systemic inflammatory response and increased cardiopulmonary morbidity after cardiac surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Oct 2003
Tomasdottir Hildur, Hjartarson Hjörtur, Ricksten Anne, Wasslavik Carina, Bengtsson Anders, Ricksten Sven-Erik
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UNLABELLED: Cardiopulmonary bypass induces a systemic inflammatory response characterized by alterations in cardiopulmonary function. Mediators for this morbidity are the cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interleukins. A genomic polymorphism within the TNF locus is associated with increased TNF-alpha levels and high mortality in severe trauma and sepsis. We assessed the relationship of biallelic...
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