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No association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms with susceptibility to Behçet disease.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Oct 2009
Du L, Yang P, Hou S, Zhou H, Kijlstra A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a key negative regulator of T lymphocytes and has been shown to be associated with a number of autoimmune diseases. The present study was performed to assess the association between CTLA-4 polymorphisms and Behçet disease (BD) in Chinese patients. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-eight BD patients and 207 controls were analysed for four single...
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