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Polymorphisms in VEGF-A are associated with COPD risk in the Chinese population from Hainan province.
Journal of genetics - 1 Mar 2016
Ding Yipeng, Niu Huan, Li Yizhou, He Ping, Li Quanni, Ouyang Yanhong, Li Min, Hu Zhigao, Zhong Youqing, Sun Pei, Jin Tianbo
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In this study, we examined and validated how common variants contribute to susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the Han Chinese population. Here, we genotyped 18 nucleotide polymorphisms and evaluated their association with COPD using chi-square test and genetic model analysis (246 COPD patients and 350 controls), and found three SNPs that might cause a predisposition to COPD. Both...
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