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An exploratory genome-wide analysis of genetic risk for alcoholic hepatitis.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2017
Beaudoin James J, Long Nanye, Liangpunsakul Suthat, Puri Puneet, Kamath Patrick S, Shah Vijay, Sanyal Arun J, Crabb David W, Chalasani Naga P, Urban Thomas J
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OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the genetic variability between heavy drinkers with and without alcoholic hepatitis (AH). MATERIALS AND METHODS: An exploratory genome-wide association study (GWAS; NCT02172898) was conducted comparing 90 AH cases with 93 heavy drinking matched controls without liver disease in order to identify variants or genes associated with risk for AH. Individuals were genotyped using the...
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