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Association between SLC11A1 (formerly NRAMP1) and the risk of sarcoidosis in Poland.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2005
Dubaniewicz Anna, Jamieson Sarra E, Dubaniewicz-Wybieralska M, Fakiola Michaela, Nancy Miller E, Blackwell Jenefer M
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Sarcoidosis (SA) is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by T helper 1-type inflammatory responses at sites of disease with signs of B cell hyperactivity. Like rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, an infectious etiology has frequently been postulated but no single infectious trigger definitively identified. Polymorphic alleles at SLC11A1 have previously been associated with...
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