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Genetic susceptibility to Graves' ophthalmopathy: the role of polymorphisms in proinflammatory cytokine genes.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Jun 2010
Anvari M, Khalilzadeh O, Esteghamati A, Esfahani S A, Rashidi A, Etemadi A, Mahmoudi M, Amirzargar A A
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PURPOSE: In order to investigate the underlying genetic mechanisms of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO), we examined the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in five important proinflammatory cytokines, namely IL-12, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-2, and IL-6, with GO in a sample of Iranian adults. METHODS: A total of 57 patients with Graves' disease without GO, 50 patients with GO, and 140 healthy controls...
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