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SUBMITTER: Guo Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582579 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guo Yi Y Gong Yi Y Pan Chunming C Qian Yanrong Y Shi Guochao G Cheng Qijian Q Li Qingyun Q Ren Lei L Weng Qiuling Q Chen Yi Y Cheng Ting T Fan Liang L Jiang Zhihong Z Wan Huanying H
BMC medical genomics 20121226
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Few gene studies of the Chinese population have focused on COPD. We investigated candidate genes associated with susceptibility to COPD in the Chinese Han population.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 331 COPD patients and 213 control subjects were recruited for this study. Nighty-seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 46 genes were selected for genotyping. Genotypes were det ...[more]