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Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 2 polymorphism may be associated with enterovirus 71 severe infection in a Chinese population.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2016
Liu Peipei, Liu Xiangping, Hu Jingfei, Han Zhenliang, Li Fei, Wang Yuanyuan, Song Long, Chen Zongbo
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphism in the carnitine palmitoyl transferase 2 (CPT2) gene has been reported to be a susceptibility factor in a number of syndromes of acute encephalopathy with various infectious diseases, but evidence of its effect on enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection is lacking. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between genetic polymorphism of CPT2 and severity of EV71 infection in a Chinese...
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