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Association between interleukin-18 polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2013
Song Gwan Gyu, Choi Sung Jae, Ji Jong Dae, Lee Young Ho
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine whether the three functional interleukin-18 (IL-18) promoter -607 C/A (rs1946518), -137 G/C (rs187238), and -1297 C/T (rs360719) polymorphisms confer susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in ethnically different populations. Meta-analysis was conducted on the associations between these IL-18 polymorphisms and SLE using; (1) allele contrast, (2) the recessive...
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