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Association of genetic polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Hainan population: a case-control study.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2015
Ding Yipeng, Yang Danlei, Xun Xiaojie, Wang Zhifeng, Sun Pei, Xu Dongchuan, He Ping, Niu Huan, Jin Tianbo
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is predicted to become the third most common cause of death and the fifth most common cause of disability in the world by 2020. Recently, variants in the hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1A), cholinergic receptor, neuronal nicotinic, alpha polypeptide-5, and iron-responsive element-binding protein 2 gene (IREB2) genes were found to be associated with COPD. This...
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