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Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis in a cohort of egyptian patients.
Iranian journal of kidney diseases - 1 Nov 2011
Farid Tarek M, Abd El Baky Abeer Mohamed Nour Eldin, Khalefa Eman S, Talaat Ahmed A, Mohamed Amal A, Gheita Tamer A, Abdel-Salam Randa F
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INTRODUCTION: The production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha has been deeply deregulated in systemic lupus erythematosus. We evaluated the association of -863C>A and -1031T>C polymorphisms of the TNF gene with susceptibility to and clinical manifestations of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was performed on 70 juvenile patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (mean...
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