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Genome-wide scan identifies a quantitative trait locus at 4p15.3 for serum urate.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2010
Cummings Nik, Dyer Thomas D, Kotea Navaratnam, Kowlessur Sudhir, Chitson Pierrot, Zimmet Paul, Blangero John, Jowett Jeremy B M
Abstract excerpt
Elevated serum urate levels lead to gout and are associated with hypertension, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to identify evidence for genetic linkage with serum urate and to determine whether variation within positional candidate ge...
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