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Interleukin-10 and interleukin-10-receptor defects in inflammatory bowel disease.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Oct 2012
Shah Neil, Kammermeier Jochen, Elawad Mamoun, Glocker Erik-Oliver
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea, and malabsorption leading to weight loss. It is considered the result of inadequate control of an excessive reaction of the immune system to the resident flora of the gut. Like other primary immunodeficiencies, IL-10 and IL-10 receptor (IL10R) deficiency present with IBD and demonstrate the...
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