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Are cytokine gene polymorphisms associated with outcome in patients with idiopathic intermediate uveitis in the United Kingdom?
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2005
Stanford M R, Vaughan R W, Kondeatis E, Chen Y, Edelsten C E, Graham E M, Wallace G R
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Competing levels of cytokines, either locally within the eye or systemically, may influence the eventual outcome of ocular inflammation. Polymorphism in the promoter part of the genes controlling cytokine production may result in either higher or lower production of the relevant cytokine to a given stimulus. The authors hypothesised that such polymorphisms may relate to visual outcome in patients...
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