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Comparison of the role of HHIP SNPs in susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease between Chinese Han and Mongolian populations.
Gene - 30 Dec 2017
Xu Guihua, Gao Xiaoyu, Zhang Sainan, Wang Yan, Ding Mingjing, Liu Wenyan, Shen Jie, Sun Dejun
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of risk alleles to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may vary between populations. This study aimed to investigate the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HHIP on COPD susceptibility in the Chinese Mongolian and Han populations from Inner Mongolia autonomous region. In this case-control study, five SNPs in HHIP gene were detected in 700 COPD patients (350 Chinese Han and...
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