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Hypervariable region polymorphism of mtDNA of recurrent oral ulceration in Chinese.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sun Mao, Fu Shan-Min, Wang Li-Feng, Dong Guang-Ying, Wu Dan, Wang Guo-Xia, Wu Yuanming
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BACKGROUND: MtDNA haplogroups could have important implication for understanding of the relationship between the mutations of the mitochondrial genome and diseases. Distribution of a variety of diseases among these haplogroups showed that some of the mitochondrial haplogroups are predisposed to disease. To examine the susceptibility of mtDNA haplogroups to ROU, we sequenced the mtDNA HV1, HV2 and HV3 in Chinese...
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