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Analysis of the rs20541 (R130Q) polymorphism in the IL-13 gene in patients with elderly-associated chronic inflammatory diseases.
Reumatologia clinica - 1 Jan 2000
Alvarez-Rodríguez Lorena, López-Hoyos Marcos, Carrasco-Marín Eugenio, Mata Cristina, Calvo-Alén Jaime, Aurrecoechea Elena, Blanco Ricardo, Ruiz Teresa, Muñoz Cacho Pedro, Villa Ignacio, Martínez-Taboada Víctor Manuel
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is association between the rs20541 (R130Q) polymorphism in the IL-13 gene with disease susceptibility and clinical subsets in patients with elderly-associated inflammatory chronic diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 78 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), 174 with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), 90 elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA), and 465 healthy controls from the...
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