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The relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 gene and silicosis.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Dec 2011
Fang Guo Feng, Fan Xue Yun, Shen Fu Hai
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between polymorphisms of interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene (-33, +45, intron3, +429, +448) and the susceptibility of silicosis. METHODS: A case-control study was carried out. 101 silicosis patients were selected as cases. As strictly matching, 121 of non silicosis workers were selected as the controls. The polymophisms of IL-4 (five locus) were detected by the method of polymerase...
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