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Multiple Loci are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy in Irish wolfhounds.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Philipp Ute, Vollmar Andrea, Häggström Jens, Thomas Anne, Distl Ottmar
Abstract excerpt
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a highly prevalent and often lethal disease in Irish wolfhounds. Complex segregation analysis indicated different loci involved in pathogenesis. Linear fixed and mixed models were used for the genome-wide association study. Using 106 DCM cases and 84 controls we identified one SNP significantly associated with DCM on CFA37 and five SNPs suggestively associated with DCM on CFA1, 10,...
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