Interleukin-1 cluster and tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms in polymyalgia rheumatica
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2000
Short description:
Interleukin-1 cluster and tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms in polymyalgia rheumatica / Boiardi, L; Salvarani, Carlo; Timms, J. M; Silvestri, T; Macchioni, P. L; Di Giovine, F. S.. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 18:6(2000), pp. 675-681.
abstract:
To investigate whether polymorphisms in the interleukin (IL)-1 locus (human chrom. 2q13) and TNF-alpha gene are associated with susceptibility to or severity of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
Iris type:
Articolo su rivista
Keywords:
Aged; Alleles; Cytokines; Female; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Homozygote; Humans; Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; Interleukin-1; Male; Polymyalgia Rheumatica; Prospective Studies; Reference Values; Severity of Illness Index; Sialoglycoproteins; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Multigene Family; Polymorphism, Genetic
List of contributors:
Boiardi, L; Salvarani, Carlo; Timms, J. M; Silvestri, T; Macchioni, P. L; Di Giovine, F. S.
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