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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (o-JIA): association of MIF promoter polymorphisms with response to intra-articular glucocorticoids.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Vivarelli M, D'Urbano L E, Insalaco A, Lunt M, Jury F, Tozzi A E, Ravelli A, Martini A, Donn R, De Benedetti F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To address the clinical relevance of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) promoter polymorphisms in oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (o-JIA) by evaluating their associations with serum and SF MIF levels, with response to intra-articular glucocorticoid injections and with outcome of the disease. METHODS: Seventy-five Caucasian patients with o-JIA were studied. Alleles of the -794...
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