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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with gout.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Chen M-L, Tsai F-J, Tsai C-H, Huang C-M
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether polymorphisms of interleukin-4 (IL-4) (promoter-590 and intron 3) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) promoter-308 genes are markers of susceptibility to or clinical manifestations of gout in Taiwanese patients. METHODS: The study included 196 Taiwanese patients with gout and 103 unrelated healthy control subjects living in central Taiwan....
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