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Single-nucleotide polymorphism rs7251246 in ITPKC is associated with susceptibility and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Kuo Ho-Chang, Hsu Yu-Wen, Lo Mao-Hung, Huang Ying-Hsien, Chien Shu-Chen, Chang Wei-Chiao
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a multi-systemic vasculitis that preferentially affects children. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) has been identified to be an important polymorphism in the risk of KD. This study was conducted to comprehensively investigate the associations between all tagging SNPs of ITPKC in the risk of KD in a Taiwanese population. A total of...
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