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Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Interleukin-10 Promoter Gene and Susceptibility to Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Immunogenetic Differences in Italian and Japanese Patients

Masanao Matsushita Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Atsushi Tanaka Department of Internal Medicine, St Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo 104-8560, Japan
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Kentaro Kikuchi Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Eriko Kitazawa Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Naomi Kawaguchi Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Yumi Kawashima Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Takashi Kato Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Hirotoshi Fujikawa Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Stefano Quaranta Department of Gastroenterology, Molinette Hospital, Torino, Italy
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Floriano Rosina Department of Gastroenterology, Molinette Hospital, Torino, Italy
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M. Eric Gershwin Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Hiroshi Miyakawa Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 213-8507, Japan
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Pages 531-536 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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