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Interleukin-4RA gene polymorphism is associated with oral mucous membrane pemphigoid.
Oral diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Carrozzo M, Dametto E, Fasano M E, Broccoletti R, Carbone M, Rendine S, Amoroso A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyse whether the polymorphisms of several pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines may influence the susceptibility to predominantly oral Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) in a Northern Italian population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: DNA was obtained from 41 MMP patients (29 with exclusively oral pemphigoid [OP]) and 140 unrelated bone marrow donors. Thirteen cytokine genes with 22...
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