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Association of CTLA4 gene polymorphism in Iranian patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2010
Azizi Esfandiar, Massoud Ahmad, Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Mahmoudi Mahdi, Soleimanifar Narjes, Rezaei Nima, Jamshidi Ahmad Reza, Nikbin Behrouz, Nicknam Mohammad Hossein
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INTRODUCTION: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a costimulatory molecule expressed by activated T cells. This study was performed to investigate the allele and genotype frequencies of CTLA4 gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: One hundred an...
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