Leukocyte Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Shih-Feng Liu; Ho-Chang Kuo; Ching-Wan Tseng; Hung-Tu Huang; Yung-Che Chen; Chia-Cheng Tseng; Meng-Chih Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138716

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Leukocyte Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Shih-Feng Liu ,

* E-mail: liuphysico@yahoo.com.tw (S-FL); mengchih@adm.cgmh.org.tw (M-CL)

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Ho-Chang Kuo,

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Ching-Wan Tseng,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hung-Tu Huang,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yung-Che Chen,

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chia-Cheng Tseng,

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Meng-Chih Lin

* E-mail: liuphysico@yahoo.com.tw (S-FL); mengchih@adm.cgmh.org.tw (M-CL)

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Leukocyte Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Shih-Feng Liu,
Ho-Chang Kuo,
Ching-Wan Tseng,
Hung-Tu Huang,
Yung-Che Chen,
Chia-Cheng Tseng,
Meng-Chih Lin

Published: September 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138716

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