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Variation in the IL1B, TNF and IL6 genes and individual susceptibility to prosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is an important failure mechanism of total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Here we examine whether the particular genetic variants can lead to increased susceptibility to PJI development. RESULTS: We conducted a genetic-association study to determine whether PJ...

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Autores principales: Stahelova, Anna, Mrazek, Frantisek, Smizansky, Matej, Petrek, Martin, Gallo, Jiri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22568934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-13-25