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Clinical Implication of the C Allele of the ITPKC Gene SNP rs28493229 in Kawasaki Disease: Association With Disease Susceptibility and BCG Scar Reactivation.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Feb 2011
Lin Ming-Tai, Wang Jou-Kou, Yeh Jih-I, Sun Li-Chuan, Chen Pei-Lung, Wu Jia-Feng, Chang Chien-Chih, Lee Wen-Li, Shen Chin-Tsuen, Wang Nan-Koong, Wu Chiou-Sen, Yeh Su-Zen, Chen Chun-An, Chiu Shuenn-Nan, Wu Mei-Hwan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: a functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs28493229) in the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) gene has been linked to the susceptibility to Kawasaki disease (KD). The implication remains unclear. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: genotyping for the ITPKC polymorphism was conducted on 280 unrelated Taiwanese children with KD and 492 healthy ethnically and gender-matched controls. The...
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