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Genotypic analysis of Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphism of Toll-like receptor 4 in systemic autoimmune diseases of Korean population

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This work has been supported by the Ewha Womans University Research Grant of 2004.

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  1. Division of Diagnostic Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong, Yangcheongu, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Eun-Suk Kang

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, SungKyunKwan University, 50 Ilwondong, Kangnamgu, Seoul, 158-710, South Korea

    Eun-Suk Kang

  3. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Mokdong, Yangcheongu, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Jisoo Lee

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Table 1.

Table 1 Sequences of primers, restriction enzymes and length of the resulting restriction fragments for the analysis of TLR4 gene polymorphisms
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Kang, ES., Lee, J. Genotypic analysis of Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphism of Toll-like receptor 4 in systemic autoimmune diseases of Korean population. Rheumatol Int 27, 887–889 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0311-z

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