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Genetic Polymorphisms of IL6-174G/C, TNF-308G/A, and TNF-238G/A and Risk of Pleural Tuberculosis in Venezuelan Patients
- Zaida Araujo,
- Jacobus Henri de Waard,
- Mercedes Fernández-Mestre,
- Douglas Silva,
- Carmen Judith Serrano,
- Luis Adrián De Jesús-González,
- Juan Ernesto Lopez-Ramos and
- Bruno Rivas-Santiago
Tuberculosis (TB) has various clinical presentations; pulmonary TB (PTB) affects only the lungs, whereas extrapulmonary TB involves other organs, including pleural TB (PLTB). Immunological studies of patients with extrapulmonary TB primarily focus on...

