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Functional variants in the promoter region of macrophage migration inhibitory factor rs755622 gene (MIF G173C) among patients with heart failure: Association with echocardiographic indices and disease severity.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 1 Jan 2000
El-Mahdy Reham I, Saleem Tahia H, Essam Osman M, Algowhary Magdy
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BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a serious public health concern resulting in death. An individual predisposition to HF is determined by relationship between genetic and environmental variables. The macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a significant mediator that involved in a variety of inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases. To reveal contribution of MIF rs755622 G173C gene variants in the...
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