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[The role of aldosterone and IL-6 in the pathogenesis of inflammation in familial Mediterranean fever].
Georgian medical news - 1 May 2012
Dzhndoian Z T, Martirosian N G
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the article was to study the role of aldosterone and IL-6 - in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). The hypersecretion of IL-6 and "the syndrome of aldosterone excess" in patients with FMF was revealed. The hyperactivity of the inflammatory process in FMF is one of the phenotypic factors of defective gene expression in FMF. In the course of the development of familial...
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