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N-acetyltransferase 2 polymorphisms in patients with Behcet's disease.
Clinical and experimental dermatology - 1 Jan 2005
Tamer L, Tursen U, Eskandari G, Ates N A, Ercan B, Yildirim H, Atik U
Abstract excerpt
It is possible that dietary, environmental factors and/or genetic polymorphisms in xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes may contribute to the development of Behcet's disease. As N-acetyltransferase (NAT) 2 is an important xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme and theoretically the nonacetylated xenobiotics may induce an autoimmune mechanism, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether the genetic polymorphism of...
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