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TNFalpha, IFNgamma and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in a sample of Sicilian patients with coeliac disease.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Oct 2005
Lio D, Scola L, Forte G I, Accomando S, Giacalone A, Crivello A, Cataldo F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease is associated with DQ2 and DQ8 alleles, but other genes also confer an additional genetic risk. AIMS: Defining whether the genetic profiles of interleukin-10, tumour necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma are associated with an increased coeliac disease risk. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The functionally gene polymorphisms of tumour necrosis factor alpha (-308G/A), interferon gamma...
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