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Polymorphisms in programmed death-1 gene are not associated with chronic HBV infection in Chinese patients
Feng Lv, Yu-Feng Gao, Zhen-Huan Zhang, Ming-Fang Cui, Shu-Ling Xia, Xu Li, Hua-Fa Yin, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China
Tian-Chen Zhang, Fa-Ming Pan, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui Province, China
Author contributions: Lv F and Gao YF contributed equally to this work; Zhang ZH provided the vital reagents and analytical tools; Lv F and Gao YF wrote the manuscript; Lv F, Cui MF and Xia SL performed the majority of experiments; Zhang TC and Pan FM took charge of collecting all human materials; Yin HF designed the study; and Li X provided the financial support for this work.
Supported by the Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.30700698 and 30771907 and the Foundation of Pre-973 Program Projects, No. 2009CB526411
Correspondence to: Hua-Fa Yin, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China. yhf163.good@163.com
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Received: November 26, 2010
Revised: December 23, 2010
Accepted: December 30, 2010
Published online: March 27, 2011
Revised: December 23, 2010
Accepted: December 30, 2010
Published online: March 27, 2011
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