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Association of interleukin-6 single nucleotide polymorphisms with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 2017
Ziaee Vahid, Maddah Marzieh, Moradinejad Mohammad-Hassan, Rezaei Arezou, Zoghi Samaneh, Sadr Maryam, Harsini Sara, Rezaei Nima
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. Genetics and inflammatory elements seem to act as major underlying factors in its pathogenesis. The aim of this study is to identify the associations between interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene polymorphisms and individuals' vulnerability to JIA in a group of Iranian pediatric patients. Fifty-four patients with JIA were enrolled...
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