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No evidence for involvement of the interleukin-10 -592 promoter polymorphism in genetic susceptibility to primary biliary cirrhosis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 May 1998
Zappala F, Grove J, Watt F E, Daly A K, Day C P, Bassendine M F, Jones D E
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic cholestatic liver disease with an autoimmune aetiology. Family studies, which have shown a significantly increased incidence of primary biliary cirrhosis in the close relatives of patients, suggest that genetic factors play a significant role in determining disease susceptibility. Several studies have previously identified loci which appear to play a role in...
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