Associations between Two Genetic Variants in NKX2-5 and Risk of Congenital Heart Disease in Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis

Zhenling Wang; Li Zou; Rong Zhong; Beibei Zhu; Wei Chen; Na Shen; Juntao Ke; Jiao Lou; Ranran Song; Xiao-Ping Miao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070979

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Associations between Two Genetic Variants in NKX2-5 and Risk of Congenital Heart Disease in Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis

Zhenling Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenling Wang, Li Zou

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Li Zou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenling Wang, Li Zou

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Rong Zhong,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Beibei Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wei Chen,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Na Shen,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Juntao Ke,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Jiao Lou,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Ranran Song ,

* E-mail: miaoxp@mail.hust.edu.cn (XPM); ranransong@gmail.com (RS)

Affiliation Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Xiao-Ping Miao

* E-mail: miaoxp@mail.hust.edu.cn (XPM); ranransong@gmail.com (RS)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and State Key Laboratory of Environment Health (Incubation), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Associations between Two Genetic Variants in NKX2-5 and Risk of Congenital Heart Disease in Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis

Zhenling Wang,
Li Zou,
Rong Zhong,
Beibei Zhu,
Wei Chen,
Na Shen,
Juntao Ke,
Jiao Lou,
Ranran Song,
Xiao-Ping Miao

Published: August 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070979

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