International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages e580-e585 , July 2010

Tumor necrosis factor-α-308A allele may have a protective effect for chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Mongoloid populations

  • Ming-Hua Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection and Liver Diseases, Liver Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, No. 2 Fuxue Lane, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 577 88078232; fax: +86 577 88078262.
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  • Li-Xin Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Yong-Ning Xin

      Affiliations

    • Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, China
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  • Hai-Feng Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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  • Ke-Qing Shi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection and Liver Diseases, Liver Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, No. 2 Fuxue Lane, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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  • Yong-Ping Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection and Liver Diseases, Liver Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, No. 2 Fuxue Lane, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Received 7 January 2009 ,Revised 12 July 2009 ,Accepted 13 August 2009.

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☆ Data in this article were presented in poster form at the Second Ditan International Conference on Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China, November 14–17, 2008 (published in Int J Infect Dis 2008;12:S62).

PII: S1201-9712(09)00344-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages e580-e585 , July 2010

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