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SUBMITTER: Jafar T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3162962 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jafar Tabrez T Agrawal Suraksha S Mahdi Abbas Ali AA Sharma Raj Kumar RK Awasthi Shally S Agarwal G G GG
Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB 20110407 3
The pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is not completely understood. We postulate that cytokine gene polymorphisms may influence susceptibility or clinical course in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome. Polymorphisms of IL-4, IL-6, and TNF-α cytokines were investigated in 150 children with Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome and 569 healthy controls by using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. On comparing patient with controls strong association were found for ...[more]