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[Case-control study of relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 gene and susceptibility of silicosis].
Zhonghua lao dong wei sheng zhi ye bing za zhi = Zhonghua laodong weisheng zhiyebing zazhi = Chinese journal of industrial hygiene and occupational diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Fang Guo-Feng, Fan Xue-Yun, Liu Jian-Qiang, Shen Fu-Hai, Yan Li
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene (-33, +45, VNTR, +429, +448) and the susceptibility of silicosis. METHODS: In a case-control study, the case group consisted of 101 patients with silicosis, and was matched with the control group (121 workers without silicosis), according to the age, sex, nationality, working place, exposure to dust. The polymorphisms of...
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