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The association between interleukin-6 polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2012
Lee Y H, Lee H S, Choi S J, Ji J D, Song G G
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine whether the functional interleukin-6 (IL-6) promoter -174 G/C and -572 G/C polymorphisms confer susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in ethnically different populations. Meta-analysis was conducted on the associations between the IL-6 polymorphisms and SLE using; 1) allele contrast, 2) the recessive model, 3) the dominant model, and 4) the additive model. A...
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