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Association between lymphotoxin-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-beta) intron polymorphism and predisposition to severe sepsis is modified by gender and age.
Critical care medicine - 1 Jan 2010
Watanabe Eizo, Buchman Timothy G, Hirasawa Hiroyuki, Zehnbauer Barbara A
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the significance of functional polymorphisms of inflammatory response genes by analysis of a large population of patients, both with and without severe sepsis, and representative of the diverse populations (geographic diversity, physician diversity, clinical treatment diversity) that would be encountered in critical care clinical practice. DESIGN: : Collaborative case-control study...
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