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Association of E-cadherin gene 3'-UTR C/T polymorphism with calcium oxalate stone disease.
Urologia internationalis - 1 Jan 2003
Tsai Fuu-Jen, Wu Hsi-Chin, Chen Huey-Yi, Lu Hsueh-Fu, Hsu Cheng-Der, Chen Wen-Chi
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INTRODUCTION: Urinary stone disease is one of the most commonly seen urological diseases in Taiwan. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are commonly used for the investigation of genetic markers for stone disease. E-cadherin (CDH-1) is one of the cellular junction proteins related to the integrity of epithelial cells. Our aim was to investigate a polymorphism of the CDH-1 gene 3'-UTR as a possible genetic...
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