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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha genetic predisposing factors can influence clinical severity in nephropathia epidemica.
Viral immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Maes Piet, Clement Jan, Groeneveld Paul H P, Colson Paul, Huizinga Tom W J, Van Ranst Marc
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Severe human infection with Hantavirus is characterized by high fever, cold chills, thrombocytopenia, arterial hypotension, acute renal failure, and/or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-like pulmonary involvement, but the clinical course varies greatly between individuals. We investigated whether genetically determined differences in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production can influence the severity...
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