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A bioinformatics strategy for detecting the complexity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Northern Chinese Han Population.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2012
Hua Lin, An Li, Li Lin, Zhang Yongbiao, Wang Chen
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex human disease which is driven not only by genetic factors, but also by various environmental variables, such as gender, age and smoking. Therefore, there is a demand for investigating the complexity among various risk factors involved in COPD. In this study, 44 tagging SNPs from EPHX1, GSTP1, SERPINE2 and TGFB1 were selected and genotyped in 310 COPD cases...
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