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The relationship between polymorphisms in the glutamate cysteine ligase gene and asthma susceptibility.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Nov 2007
Polonikov A V, Ivanov V P, Solodilova M A, Khoroshaya I V, Kozhuhov M A, Panfilov V I
Abstract excerpt
The present study was designed to investigate an association of common -588C/T and -23G/T polymorphisms within glutamate cysteine ligase modifier subunit gene with susceptibility to bronchial asthma. A total of 435 ethnically Russian subjects were recruited in this study, including 221 patients with asthma and 214 sex and age matched healthy subjects. As previously reported, the -588C/T and -23G/T polymorphisms...
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