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Correlation of KIF3A and OVOL1, but not ACTL9, with atopic dermatitis in Chinese pediatric patients.
Gene - 25 Oct 2015
Kang Zhihua, Li Qiao, Fu Pan, Yan Shuxian, Guan Ming, Xu Jinhua, Xu Feng
Abstract excerpt
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease in Chinese pediatric patients. To date, the genetic susceptibility to AD in this population has not been fully clarified. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms have previously been associated with AD in Europeans, rs2897442 (KIF3A), rs479844 (OVOL1) and rs2164983 (ACTL9). To verify the correlation between AD and these three SNPs in the...
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