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Two new susceptibility loci for Kawasaki disease identified through genome-wide association analysis.
Nature genetics - 25 Mar 2012
Lee Yi-Ching, Kuo Ho-Chang, Chang Jeng-Sheng, Chang Luan-Yin, Huang Li-Min, Chen Ming-Ren, Liang Chi-Di, Chi Hsin, Huang Fu-Yuan, Lee Meng-Luen, Huang Yhu-Chering, Hwang Betau, Chiu Nan-Chang, Hwang Kao-Pin, Lee Pi-Chang, Chang Li-Ching, Liu Yi-Min, Chen Ying-Ju, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Chen Yuan-Tsong, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Wu Jer-Yuarn
Abstract excerpt
To find new candidate loci predisposing individuals to Kawasaki disease, an acute vasculitis that affects children, we conducted a genome-wide association study in 622 individuals with Kawasaki disease (cases) and 1,107 controls in a Han Chinese population residing in Taiwan, with replication in an independent Han Chinese sample of 261 cases and 550 controls. We report two new loci, one at BLK (encoding...
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