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Association of UCP2 -866G>A Polymorphism With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients From North-West of Iran.
Laboratory medicine - 1 Feb 2017
Mohseni Fatemeh, Farajnia Safar, Farhangi Mahdieh Abbasalizad, Khoshbaten Manouchehr, Jafarabadi Mohammad-Asghari
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) -866G > A gene polymorphism (rs659366) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS: We performed a case-control study with a cohort of 75 patients with NAFLD (of Iranian ethnicity) and 76 healthy individuals of Iranian ethnicity. The UCP2 -866G > A polymorphism (rs659366) was determined using polymerase chain reaction-restriction...
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