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Genetic variants in PLCB4/PLCB1 as susceptibility loci for coronary artery aneurysm formation in Kawasaki disease in Han Chinese in Taiwan.
Scientific reports - 5 Oct 2015
Lin Ying-Ju, Chang Jeng-Sheng, Liu Xiang, Tsang Hsinyi, Chien Wen-Kuei, Chen Jin-Hua, Hsieh Hsin-Yang, Hsueh Kai-Chung, Shiao Yi-Tzone, Li Ju-Pi, Lin Cheng-Wen, Lai Chih-Ho, Wu Jer-Yuarn, Chen Chien-Hsiun, Lin Jaung-Geng, Lin Ting-Hsu, Liao Chiu-Chu, Huang Shao-Mei, Lan Yu-Ching, Ho Tsung-Jung, Liang Wen-Miin, Yeh Yi-Chun, Lin Jung-Chun, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, inflammatory, and self-limited vasculitis affecting infants and young children. Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation is the major complication of KD and the leading cause of acquired cardiovascular disease among children. To identify susceptible loci that might predispose patients with KD to CAA formation, a genome-wide association screen was performed in a Taiwanese KD...
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