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Association of different tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter allele frequencies with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27 positive individuals.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 1998
Höhler T, Schäper T, Schneider P M, Meyer zum Büschenfelde K H, Märker-Hermann E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential association of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) promoter alleles with ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS: DNA from 141 HLA-B27 positive Caucasian patients with ankylosing spondylitis and 46 B27-positive and 99 B27-negative healthy Caucasian controls was investigated by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the TNFalpha promoter region and subsequent dot-blot...
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