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Interferon-gamma gene microsatellite polymorphisms in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis and isolated polymyalgia rheumatica.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2004
Gonzalez-Gay M A, Hajeer A H, Dababneh A, Garcia-Porrua C, Amoli M M, Llorca J, Ollier W E R
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OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory cytokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). In this study we have examined the potential association of a CA repeat polymorphism in the first intron of the interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) gene with disease susc...
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