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Genetics of gout.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Mar 2010
Choi Hyon K, Zhu Yanyan, Mount David B
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an update on recent findings with regards to the genetics of hyperuricemia and gout, including recent data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). RECENT FINDINGS: Five GWAS around the same time reported that genetic variants of SLC2A9/GLUT9 were associated with lower serum uric acid (SUA) levels and the effects were stronger among women (e.g. SUA level difference per...
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