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PDCD1 genes may protect against extraocular manifestations in Chinese Han patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2009
Meng Qianli, Liu Xiaoli, Yang Peizeng, Hou Shengping, Du Liping, Zhou Hongyan, Kijlstra Aize
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PURPOSE: To analyze the potential association of programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1) with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in a Chinese Han population. METHODS: Three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs), PD-1.3G/A, PD-1.5C/T, and PD-1.6G/A, were genotyped in 247 VKH patients and 289 age-, sex-, and ethnically-matched healthy controls using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism...
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