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A meta-analysis examining the association between the MUC5B rs35705950 T/G polymorphism and susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Jun 2015
Lee Min-Gu, Lee Young Ho
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OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the mucin (MUC) 5B rs35705950 T/G polymorphism confers susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). METHODS: A meta-analysis was conducted to determine associations between the MUC5B rs35705950 T/G polymorphism and either IPF or connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). We used the allele contrast, recessive, dominant, and additive models. A...
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