A systematic review of the quality of genetic association studies in human sepsis.

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OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological studies demonstrate that inherited factors play a major role in the development and prognosis of sepsis. However, genetic association studies in sepsis have produced contradictory evidence of an effect from individual polymorphisms. Major methodological flaws have been reported in a number of genetic association studies in non-septic populations, relating to problems with experimental...

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