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Role of the urate transporter SLC2A9 gene in susceptibility to gout in New Zealand Māori, Pacific Island, and Caucasian case-control sample sets.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 2009
Hollis-Moffatt Jade E, Xu Xin, Dalbeth Nicola, Merriman Marilyn E, Topless Ruth, Waddell Chloe, Gow Peter J, Harrison Andrew A, Highton John, Jones Peter B B, Stamp Lisa K, Merriman Tony R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of genetic variation in the renal urate transporter SLC2A9 in gout in New Zealand sample sets of Māori, Pacific Island, and Caucasian ancestry and to determine if the Māori and Pacific Island samples could be useful for fine-mapping. METHODS: Patients (n= 56 Māori, 69 Pacific Island, and 131 Caucasian) were recruited from rheumatology outpatient clinics and satisfied the American...
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