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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in irritable bowel syndrome in Indian population--a pilot case control study.
Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation - 1 Jan 2000
Santhosh S, Dutta A K, Samuel P, Joseph A J, Ashok Kumar J, Kurian George
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AIM: This study aimed at evaluating the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in five cytokine genes regulating inflammation at altogether 8 different loci and compared their frequencies in patients with Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) versus healthy age and sex matched controls. METHODS: Peripheral blood was collected for DNA cytokine analysis from 23 patients with lBS and 20 healthy controls. The cytokine SNPs...
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