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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P03-010 - IL10 SNPs associated with BD in Western Algeria
Authors:
O Khaib Dit Naib, M Aribi, A Idder, A Chiali, H Sairi, I Touitou, G Lefranc, M Barat-Houari
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Behcet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease, characterized by recurrent, oral and genital ulceration, skin lesions and uveitis. Several publications in the last decades showed the complex role of genetic factors; recent studies have revealed that SNPs of the IL10 gene promoter are associated with BD in various populations. …