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Polymorphism of IFN-gamma gene and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Yukihiro Horie, Nobuyoshi Kitaichi, Yuko Takemoto, Kenichi Namba, Kazuhiko Yoshida, Shigeto Hirose, Yukiko Hasumi, Masao Ôta, Hidetoshi Inoko, Nobuhisa Mizuki,

PubMed · 2007 · 24 citations · 24 references

Abstract

The functional SNP T allele and microsatellite 12 (CA) repeats were found to have a strong LD, although a genetic susceptibility for the IFN-gamma gene could not be demonstrated among the Japanese VKH patients.

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