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Association of vitamin D binding protein variants with susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Jan 2000
Shen L-H, Zhang X-M, Su D-J, Yao S-P, Yu B-Q, Wang H-W, Lu F-Z
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic airflow limitation and it is thought that neutrophils play a major role in the disease pathogenesis. Genetic polymorphism of the vitamin-D-binding protein (VDBP) gene is considered one of the candidates for variation in susc...
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