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Heme oxygenase-1 polymorphism associated with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Chinese medical journal - 5 Jan 2007
Fu Wei-Ping, Zhao Zhi-Huan, Fang Li-Zhou, Sun Chang, Liu Lin, Zhang Jian-Qin, Zhang Ya-Ping, Dai Lu-Ming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) might be related to the length polymorphism of (GT)(n) repeat in the 5'-flanking region of heme oxygenase-1 (HOX-1) gene. However, there has been no research about the relationship between the polymorphism of HOX-1 gene and severity of COPD. METHODS: The polymorphism of HOX-1 gene in 452 patients with...
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