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Single nucleotide polymorphisms rs2120131, rs4935047, and rs7095891 in the MBL2 gene show no association with susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B in a Chinese Han population.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2013
Zhang Tian-Chen, Liu Wei, Liu Xiao-Qing, Pan Fa-Ming, Gao Yu-Feng, Yan Fang, Li Xu
Abstract excerpt
Thus far, many studies have evaluated the correlation between MBL2 gene polymorphisms and hepatitis B infection. Tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used to investigate the relationship between MBL2 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by comparing 996 chronic HBV infection cases to 301 acute infection controls. There was no significant correlation between...
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