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Surfactant protein B gene polymorphism is associated with severe influenza.
Chest - 1 Jun 2014
To Kelvin K W, Zhou Jie, Song You-Qiang, Hung Ivan F N, Ip Whitney C T, Cheng Zhong-Shan, Chan Andy S F, Kao Richard Y T, Wu Alan K L, Chau Sandy, Luk Wei-Kwang, Ip Mary S M, Chan Kwok-Hung, Yuen Kwok-Yung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Surfactant proteins play a key role in alveolar stability. We examined whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to the surfactant protein genes are associated with severe influenza. METHODS: In the first cohort, 12 SNPs related to surfactant protein genes were compared b...
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