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Association between gout and polymorphisms in GCKR in male Han Chinese.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2012
Wang Jing, Liu Shiguo, Wang Binbin, Miao Zhimin, Han Lin, Chu Nan, Zhang Kun, Meng Dongmei, Li Changgui, Ma Xu
Abstract excerpt
Several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have reported associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and uric acid concentrations or gout in a number of different ethnic populations. To clarify the global relevance of the previously identified SNPs in the development of the qualitative trait gout, in the present study, the associations between two SNPs in the glucokinase (hexokinase 4)...
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