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The correlation analysis of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-308G/A polymorphism and venous thromboembolism risk: A meta-analysis.
Phlebology - 1 Oct 2016
Gao Quangen, Zhang Peijin, Wang Wei, Ma He, Tong Yue, Zhang Jing, Lu Zhaojun
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OBJECTIVE: Venous thromboembolism is a common complex disorder, being the resultant of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is a proinflammatory cytokine which has been implicated in venous thromboembolism risk. A promoter 308G/A polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene has been suggested to modulate the risk for venous thromboembolism. However, the published...
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