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CYP2E1 Gene Polymorphisms Related to the Formation of Coronary Artery Lesions in Kawasaki Disease.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2017
Chang Ling-Sai, Hsu Yu-Wen, Lu Chien-Chang, Lo Mao-Hung, Hsieh Kai-Sheng, Li Sung-Chou, Chang Wei-Chiao, Kuo Ho-Chang
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BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that disturbs coronary arteries. Patients' risks of adverse cardiovascular events and subclinical atherosclerosis have been found to significantly increase with polymorphisms of the human cytochrome P450. This current study aims to research the possible relationship between cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily E and polypeptide 1 (CYP2E1)...
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