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Impact of cytokine gene polymorphism on cardiovascular risk in renal transplant recipients.
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Jun 2005
Altun Bülent, Yilmaz Rahmi, Kahraman Serkan, Gençtoy Gültekin, Arici Mustafa, Onalan Orhan, Oto Aytekin, Hayran Mutlu, Bakkaloğlu Mehmet, Yasavul Unal, Turgan Cetin
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular events are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Given the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, the contribution of functional polymorphisms of cytokines to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) was assessed in RTR in this study. Polymorphi...
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