Associations of high-altitude polycythemia with polymorphisms in PIK3CD and COL4A3 in Tibetan populations

Abstract Background High-altitude polycythemia (HAPC) is a chronic high-altitude disease that can lead to an increase in the production of red blood cells in the people who live in the plateau, a hypoxia environment, for a long time. The most frequent symptoms of HAPC include headache, dizziness, br...

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Main Authors: Xiaowei Fan, Lifeng Ma, Zhiying Zhang, Yi Li, Meng Hao, Zhipeng Zhao, Yiduo Zhao, Fang Liu, Lijun Liu, Xingguang Luo, Peng Cai, Yansong Li, Longli Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-018-0169-z