Susceptibility to progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) and polymorphisms in genes for antioxidant enzymes are not associated, according to the first case-control study to test this out. However, polymorphisms combined with environmental factors might still affect severity of the disease–a severe form of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.
Common single polymorphic …
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