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The CR1 C5507G polymorphism is not involved in susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in two European populations.
Tissue antigens - 1 Nov 2008
Kubistova Z, Mrazek F, Lympany P A, Lagan A L, Arakelyan A, Kriegova E, Welsh K I, Kolek V, Zatloukal J, Hutyrova B, du Bois R M, Petrek M
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a severe lung disease with unknown aetiology, is thought to have an important genetic component. Single nucleotide polymorphism, C5507G, of the complement receptor 1 (CR1) gene, which affects the number of CR1 molecules on erythrocytes, has been associated wit...
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