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Transforming growth factor-β genetic polymorphisms on development of liver cirrhosis in a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2013
Wu Xiao-Dan, Zeng Kai, Gong Can-Sheng, Chen Jinhua, Chen Yan-Qing
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Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) protein has been supposed to be a risk factor for liver cirrhosis; however, the associations between its genes (TGF-β -509C>T and +869T>C) and liver cirrhosis remained unclear. This study was to quantitatively analyze the correlations by using a meta-analysis. Pubmed, Embase, Wanfang databases were retrieved up to November 1st, 2011. Odds ratio (OR) and 95 % confidence...
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