Variation in the TNF-alpha promoter region associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria.
Tumour-necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is believed to have an important role in the pathogenesis of severe infectious disease and fatal cerebral malaria is associated with high circulating levels of this cytokine. In a large case-control study in Gambian children we find that homozygotes for the T...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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