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The RANTES promoter polymorphism: a genetic risk factor for near-fatal asthma in Chinese children.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2003
Yao Tsung-Chieh, Kuo Ming-Ling, See Lai-Chu, Chen Li-Chen, Yan Dah-Chin, Ou Liang-Shiou, Shaw Cheng-Kuang, Huang Jing-Long
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: RANTES promoter polymorphisms were found associated with asthma/atopy in some studies but not others, possibly reflecting the genetic heterogeneity among different ethnicities and different asthma severity. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this investigation was to test the genetic association between the RANTES -28C/G and -403G/A polymorphisms and asthma/atopy in a cohort of Chinese children, with...
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