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[Correlation of interleukin-13 gene - 1112c/T polymorphism with asthma and total plasma IgE levels].
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases - 1 Oct 2004
Wu Bin, Liu Jun-lin, Chen Min, Deng Ri-qiang, Wu Dong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation of - 1112C/T polymorphism of Interleukin-13 (IL-13) gene promoter with asthma and its effect on total plasma IgE levels. METHODS: One hundred asthmatic patients (the asthma group) and 100 healthy controls (the control group) were recruited. Polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR/RFLP) techniques were used to determine the - 1112 locus...
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