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Relationship between human LTA4H polymorphisms and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in an ethnic Han Chinese population in Eastern China.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Dec 2014
Yang Jinghui, Chen Jin, Yue Jun, Liu Lirong, Han Min, Wang Hongxiu
Abstract excerpt
Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) gene were reported to be associated with protection from pulmonary tuberculosis in Vietnamese population. But these associations were not found in the Russians. To investigate the association of LTA4H polymorphisms with tuberculosis in a Han Chinese population in Eastern China, we genotyped 5 SNPs of LTA4H gene in 743 of pulmonary...
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