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Radiography
Findings from Tampere University broaden understanding of radiography
April 8th, 2008
"Different host genetic factors causes imbalance in the immune response. The purpose of this study was to establish whether pathological findings in chest radiography are related to the various host-related immunological factors in nephropathia epidemica (NE)," scientists in Tampere, Finland report. "Chest radiography findings, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles B8, DR3, B27, genotypes of the genes of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF), interleukin -1 (IL-1), IL1 and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RA) were analysed in 114 patients with serologically confirmed acute NE. Both the presence and severity of abnormal NE-related chest radiography findings associated with the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-08)
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