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[Genome-wide association study of high-altitude pulmonary edema in Han Chinese].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Nov 2013
Yang Ying-Zhong, Wang Ya-Ping, Ma Lan, Du Yang, Ge Ri-Li
Abstract excerpt
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema that is always found among unacclimatized persons after rapid ascent to high altitude, and HAPE is caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. To screen and analyze the susceptibility genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of HAPE in Han Chinese, the DNA samples of 40 patients with HAPE and 33 healthy controls,...
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