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The lack of genetic association of the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) Arg753Gln and Arg677Trp polymorphisms with rheumatic heart disease.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jun 2007
Düzgün Nurşen, Duman Türker, Haydardedeoğlu Filiz Ekşi, Tutkak Hüseyin
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a non-suppurative inflammatory disease after group A, beta haemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis. Certain individuals can develop ARF. This finding implies variability in host predisposition to ARF. A variety of studies have linked specific genetic markers with ARF or rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as a sequelae of ARF. For this purpose, we aimed to search the role of...
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