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Interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms in Caucasian idiopathic inflammatory myopathy patients in UK.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jul 2007
Chinoy Hector, Salway Fiona, John Sally, Fertig Noreen, Tait Brian D, Oddis Chester V, Ollier William E R, Cooper Robert G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) genes confer susceptibility for the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). METHODS: A large cross-sectional study of UK caucasian adults with polymyositis (PM, n = 101), dermatomyositis (DM, n = 94) and myositis overlapping with a connective tissue disease (myositis/CTD-overlap, n = 70) was completed. 177 ethnically matched...
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