Association of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Gene Polymorphisms with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Iran.

• Main Authors: Nosratollah Naderi (Author), Alma Farnood (Author), Tahereh Dadaei (Author), Manijeh Habibi (Author), Hedie Balaii (Author), Farzad Firouzi (Author), Aydin Mahban (Author), Masoumeh Soltani (Author), Mohammadreza Zali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of unknown etiology, in which genetic factors, seem to play an important role in the disease predisposition and course. Assessment of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) gene polymorphisms in many populations showed a possible association with IBD. Con...