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Cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant recipients: the prognostic value of inflammatory cytokine genotypes.
Transplantation - 27 Apr 2010
La Manna Gaetano, Cappuccilli Maria L, Cianciolo Giuseppe, Conte Diletta, Comai Giorgia, Carretta Elisa, Scolari Maria P, Stefoni Sergio
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the main cause of morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. In view of the modern paradigm of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease, this study investigated the impact of inflammatory cytokine polymorphisms on posttransplant CVD. METHODS: The association between cytokine polymorphisms and CVD was assessed in a case-control study to identify the...
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