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[Distribution of three polymorphisms of the TSLP gen in African-descendent population from San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Jan 2000
Fang Luis, Martínez Beatriz, Marrugo Javier
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INTRODUCTION: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) has been linked as a susceptibility gene for the development of allergic diseases. It is known that the population of Cartagena is a triethnic mix, in which the component of African ancestry was significantly associated with risk of asthma and high total serum IgE levels. This component comes from African slaves brought into the continent and settled in...
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