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[The specific features of TNF-alpha gene polymorphism in asthmatic patients and their relatives].
Tuberkulez i bolezni legkikh - 1 Jan 2009
Cherkashina I I, Nikulina S Iu, Logvinenko N I, Voevoda M I, Maksimov V N, Liberdovskaia E D
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphism of the TNF A gene was studied in 89 asthmatic patients and their 162 relatives in order to estimate the contribution of this candidate gene to the predisposition to the development of asthma and allergic diseases. A control group comprised 258 individuals without bronchopulmonary pathology The polymerase chain reaction was used to study the 308 G/A polymorphism of the TNF A gene. The findings...
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