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[Microsomal epoxide hydrolase gene polymorphism and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Han nationality of North China].
Zhonghua nei ke za zhi - 1 Jan 2002
Zhang Rongbao, Zhang Aizhen, He Quanying, Lu Bingbing
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether polymorphism in gene for microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) has any bearing on individual susceptibility to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHOD: The genotypes of 55 patients with COPD and 52 healthy smoking control subjects were tested with polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism for mEH gene. RESULT: The...
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