Tumour necrosis factor microsatellite alleles in an Italian population.
A non-radioactive technique for the typing of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) microsatellite alleles has been applied in the study of an Italian population. The frequency of the TNFa 10 allele was markedly increased compared with other European populations.
Ciusani
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Department of Clinical Investigation, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy.
Salmaggi
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A
Pocio
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F
Nespolo
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A
Sandberg-Wollheim
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M
D000483:Alleles; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000276:immunology; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000276:immunology; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics*
D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha