Non-significant influence of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) promoter gene polymorphisms on the risk or activity of Egyptian Behçet’s disease patients: Potential role of MIF+254T/C in posterior uveitis

Aim of the work: To evaluate the potential relationship between functional polymorphisms of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) promoter and Behcet’s disease (BD) in a cohort of Egyptian patients. Patients and methods: One-hundred BD patients, 84 males and 16 females; mean age 34.16 ± 9.59 ...

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Main Authors: Dina M. Rasheed Bahgat, Salma Saïd, Rasha E. Gheith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatologist
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110116417300194