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Gallstone disease in Swedish twins: risk is associated with ABCG8 D19H genotype.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Katsika D, Magnusson P, Krawczyk M, Grünhage F, Lichtenstein P, Einarsson C, Lammert F, Marschall H-U
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recently, variants of the hepatocanalicular cholesterol hemitransporters ABCG5/8 were linked to gallstone disease; ABCG8 D19H in Caucasians and ABCG5 Q604E in Chinese. We investigated these polymorphisms in Swedish twins by merging the Swedish Twin Registry with the Hospital Discharge...
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