TLR-4 and VEGF polymorphisms in chronic periaortitis.

OBJECTIVE: Chronic periaortitis (CP) is a rare disease that is characterised by fibro-inflammatory tissue surrounding the abdominal aorta and has both non-aneurysmal (idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis [IRF]) and aneurysmal forms (inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm [IAAA]). We investigated whet...

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Main Authors: Fabiola Atzeni, Luigi Boiardi, Augusto Vaglio, Davide Nicoli, Enrico Farnetti, Alessandra Palmisano, Nicolò Pipitone, Davide Martorana, Gabriella Moroni, Selena Longhi, Francesco Bonatti, Carlo Buzio, Carlo Salvarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653916?pdf=render