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Interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphism in chagas disease in a Colombian case-control study.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 2006
Flórez Oscar, Zafra German, Morillo Carlos, Martín Javier, González Clara Isabel
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to assess the possible association between the IL1A, IL1B and IL1RN gene polymorphisms and Chagas disease. Our study population consisted of 130 serologically positive cardiomyopathic patients and 130 seropositive and asymptomatic individuals from a Colombian population where Trypanosoma cruzi infection is endemic. Genotyping of the IL1A (-889C/T, +4845G/T), IL1B (-511C/T, -31T/C,...
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