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Identification of chromosome 3q28 and ALPK1 as susceptibility loci for chronic kidney disease in Japanese individuals by a genome-wide association study.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2013
Yamada Yoshiji, Nishida Tamotsu, Ichihara Sahoko, Kato Kimihiko, Fujimaki Tetsuo, Oguri Mitsutoshi, Horibe Hideki, Yoshida Tetsuro, Watanabe Sachiro, Satoh Kei, Aoyagi Yukitoshi, Fukuda Michio, Sawabe Motoji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have implicated several genes in the predisposition to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Caucasian or African American populations, the genes that confer susceptibility to CKD in Asian populations remain to be identified definitively. We...
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