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EPAS1 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated With High Altitude Polycythemia in Tibetans at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Wilderness & environmental medicine - 1 Sept 2015
Xu Jin, Yang Ying-Zhong, Tang Feng, Ga Qin, Tana Wuren, Ge Ri-Li
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the polymorphisms in the EPAS1 gene are associated with the susceptibility to high altitude polycythemia (HAPC) in Tibetans at the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. METHODS: We enrolled 63 Tibetan HAPC patients and 131 matched healthy Tibetans as a control group, from the Yushu area in Qinghai where the altitude is greater than 3500 m. Eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of...
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