Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 polymorphisms and asthma risk: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: A number of studies assessed the association of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphisms with asthma in different populations. However, the results were contradictory. We performed a meta-analysis to examine the association between CTLA-4 polymorphisms and...

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Main Authors: Wei Nie, Jiquan Chen, Qingyu Xiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3406027?pdf=render