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AKT3, ANGPTL4, eNOS3, and VEGFA associations with high altitude sickness in Han and Tibetan Chinese at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
International journal of hematology - 1 Aug 2012
Buroker Norman E, Ning Xue-Han, Zhou Zhao-Nian, Li Kui, Cen Wei-Jun, Wu Xiu-Feng, Zhu Wei-Zhong, Scott C Ronald, Chen Shi-Han
Abstract excerpt
Mountain sickness (MS) occurs among humans visiting or inhabiting high altitude environments. We conducted genetic analyses of the AKT3, ANGPTL4, eNOS3 and VEGFA genes in lowland (Han) and highland (Tibetan) Chinese. Ten single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were evaluated in Han and Tibetan patients with acute (A) and chronic (C) MS. We compared 74 patients with AMS to 79 Han unaffected with MS, as well as 48...
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