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Investigation of the association between IL10 gene polymorphisms and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease in a Japanese population

Kaori HigashiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Akira MeguroDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masaki TakeuchiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan;Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Takahiro YamaneDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Nobuyoshi KitaichiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
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Yukihiro HorieDepartment of Ophthalmology, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
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Kenichi NambaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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Shigeaki OhnoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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Kumiko NakaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Taiji SakamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Tsutomu SakaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroshi TsuneokaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroshi KeinoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Annabelle A. OkadaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Atsunobu TakedaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Takako FukuharaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Hisashi MashimoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Nobuyuki OhguroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Shinichirou OonoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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Hiroshi EnaidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga, Japan
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Satoshi OkinamiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Nobuhisa MizukiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Pages 187-189 | Published online: 04 Apr 2016

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