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SLC22A4 and SLC22A5 gene polymorphisms and Crohn's disease in the Chinese Han population.
Journal of digestive diseases - 1 Aug 2009
Feng Yun, Zheng Ping, Zhao Hang, Wu Kai
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recent genomic surveys have identified two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in SLC22A4 and SLC22A5 as susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease (CD). We conducted the present study to assess whether the two SNP and exon variants in SLC22A4 and SLC22A5 could be implicated in the vulnerability to CD of the Chinese Han population. METHODS: A total of 180 CD patients and 180 healthy controls were...
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