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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in kidney transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Jan 2000
Dhaouadi T, Sfar I, Bardi R, Jendoubi-Ayed S, Abdallah T B, Ayed K, Gorgi Y
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BACKGROUND: Acute and chronic rejections remain an important cause of graft loss after renal transplantation. It has been suggested that cytokine genotyping may have a predictive role to identify patients at greater risk of rejection regardless of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatibility and/or the presence of anti-HLA antibodies before the renal allograft. OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate polymorphisms of...
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