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IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene polymorphism in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in India.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2005
Mittal Rama D, Bid Hemant K, Ghoshal Uday C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: An association between polymorphism in the gene coding for the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1-receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) and ulcerative colitis (UC) has been reported. To date, there is no report from India confirming this association. In the present study the aim was to assess the allele frequencies and carriage rates of different alleles of 86 bp (base pair) variable number tandem repeat...
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