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Increased risk of pneumonia associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (CD143) rs4340 polymorphism.
Clinical and experimental medicine - 1 Aug 2016
Zhang Xiaofang, Liu Fangzhu
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The study aims to investigate the genetic association between rs4340 polymorphism at intron 16 of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (CD143) gene and pneumonia predisposition. Electronic database of PubMed, Embase, and CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) was searched for the studies addressing the association between CD143 rs4340 genotypes and pneumonia risk. The odds ratio (OR) with its 95 % confidence...
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