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Association of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptor gene polymorphisms with coronary artery lesions of Kawasaki disease.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2004
Kariyazono Hidehiko, Ohno Takuro, Khajoee Vahid, Ihara Kenji, Kusuhara Koichi, Kinukawa Naoko, Mizuno Yumi, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the genetic polymorphisms of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors [Fms-related tyrosine kinase-1, kinase insert domain receptor (KDR)] in Japanese patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) and normal control subjects to examine whether these genes would contribute to the KD occurrence and/or the development of coronary artery lesion (CAL) in KD. We found that the frequency of G allele...
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