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[Association between asthma and the polymorphism of HLA-DQ genes].
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases - 1 Mar 2001
Guo X, Ni P, Li L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate association between asthma and HLA-DQ genes in Chinese asthma family. METHODS: HLA genotyping was done for HLA-DQ using polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) in 98 members of 32 Chinese asthma families and 67 normal controls. RESULTS: The allele frequencies of DQA1 * 0101 and DQA1 * 0601 in asthmatics (40.0% and 45.0% respectively) were significantly higher than...
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