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MicroRNA-499 Rs3746444 polymorphism and biliary atresia.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Apr 2016
Shan Yuhua, Shen Nan, Han Longzhi, Chen Qimin, Zhang Jianjun, Long Xidai, Xia Qiang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single nucleotide polymorphisms within microRNAs are known to affect the risk in development and prognosis of many diseases. This study was designed to investigate whether polymorphism of microRNA-499 (miR-499, rs3746444 A>G) is associated with risk to biliary atresia (BA). METHODS: A hospital-based cases-control study was performed on a total of 507 Han Chinese (207 BA cases and 300...
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