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Association of interferon-gamma, interleukin-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms with occurrence and severity of Eales' disease.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 5 Jan 2011
Sen Aditi, Paine Suman Kalyan, Chowdhury Imran Hussain, Mondal Lakshmi Kanta, Mukherjee Amrita, Biswas Atanu, Chowdhury Subhankar, Bhattacharya Sujata, Bhattacharya Basudev
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PURPOSE: Eales' disease (ED) is an idiopathic retinal vasculitis characterized by capillary nonperfusion and neovascularization. Previous reports on ED demonstrated that T-cell-mediated immunoresponse and differential cytokine production in inflammatory and angiogenic stage seem to influence the extent and severity of this disease. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of cytokine...
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