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Associations between Polymorphisms in the IL-1 Gene and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis.
International archives of allergy and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Zhu Lin, Chen Peng, Sun Xuanjing, Zhang Shuo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on polymorphisms in interleukin-1 (IL-1) and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)/systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) yielded inconsistent results. OBJECTIVES: The authors performed this meta-analysis to more robustly evaluate associations between polymorphisms in the IL-1 gene and the risk of RA/SLE. METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Wanfang, VIP, and CNKI were systematically...
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