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IL-27 Gene Polymorphisms in Iranian Patients with Behcet's Disease.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2016
Dehghanzadeh Rashedeh, Babaloo Zohreh, Sakhinia Ebrahim, Khabazi Alireza, Shanehbandi Dariush, Sadigh-Eteghad Saeed, Gharibi Tohid
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BACKGROUND: Behcet's Disease (BD) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, principally characterized by relapsing periods of a broad range of clinical symptoms. Cytokines play fundamental roles in the pathogenesis of BD. Polymorphisms within cytokine genes have been found to play a pathogenic role in the development of autoimmune/inflammatory disorders. Interleukin 27 (IL-27), a new...
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