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Variation in the lymphotoxin-alpha/tumor necrosis factor locus modifies risk of erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 2009
McDougal Kathryn E, Fallin M Daniele, Moller David R, Song Zhimin, Cutler David J, Steiner Lori L, Cutting Garry R
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis is a multi-system inflammatory disease with organ involvement that varies by race and sex. Family studies indicate that genes play a role in the etiology and extent of organ involvement in sarcoidosis. In this study, we evaluated whether 25 variants distributed in 19 genes with a known role in inflammation were associated with erythema nodosum status in 659 sarcoidosis patients and 658 controls from A...
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