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Examining the association of MMP-1 gene -1607 (2G/1G) and -519 (A/G) polymorphisms with the risk of osteomyelitis: A case-control study.
Medicine - 1 Oct 2017
Kong Qingzhu, Jin Yu, Yan Shi, Wang Yin, Zhao Jingxin, Feng Zhen, Wei Junqiang, Wang Yu, Kong Lingwei, Guo Litao, Yang Jianing
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the effects of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) gene polymorphisms on the onset of osteomyelitis in Chinese Han population.In all, 80 osteomyelitis patients (case group) and 81 healthy people (control group) were recruited into this case-control study. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method was utilized to examine the genotypes of MMP-1 polymorphisms (-1607...
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