Article
A novel sarcoidosis risk locus for Europeans on chromosome 11q13.1.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Nov 2012
Fischer Annegret, Schmid Benjamin, Ellinghaus David, Nothnagel Michael, Gaede Karoline I, Schürmann Manfred, Lipinski Simone, Rosenstiel Philip, Zissel Gernot, Höhne Kerstin, Petrek Martin, Kolek Vitezslav, Pabst Stefan, Grohé Christian, Grunewald Johan, Ronninger Marcus, Eklund Anders, Padyukov Leonid, Gieger Christian, Wichmann H-Erich, Nebel Almut, Franke Andre, Müller-Quernheim Joachim, Hofmann Sylvia, Schreiber Stefan
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Sarcoidosis is a complex inflammatory disease with a heterogeneous clinical picture. Among others, an acute and chronic clinical course can be distinguished, for which specific genetic risk factors are known. OBJECTIVES: To identify additional risk loci for sarcoidosis and its acute and chronic subforms, we analyzed imputed data from a genome-wide association scan for these phenotypes. METHODS: After...
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