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Epistatic interactions between HLA-DRB1 and interleukin 4, but not interferon-gamma, increase susceptibility to giant cell arteritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 2004
Amoli Mahsa M, Gonzalez-Gay Miguel A, Zeggini Eleftheria, Salway Fiona, Garcia-Porrua Carlos, Ollier William E R
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the roles of the interleukin 4 (IL-4) and interferon-g (IFN-g) gene polymorphisms in a series of patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: Eighty-two patients with biopsy-proven GCA and 102 ethnically matched controls from the Lugo region (Northwest Spa...
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