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Association of Thrombomodulin Gene C1418T Polymorphism with Susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease in Chinese Children.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2018
Lu Yapeng, Liu Rui, Zha Luting, Yuan Shan, Tian Lang, Chen Jia, Huang Lihua, Yang Zuocheng
Abstract excerpt
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis that predominantly affects children and can result in coronary artery lesions (CALs). Thrombomodulin (TM) is a critical cofactor in the protein C anticoagulant system. The TM C1418T (rs1042579) polymorphism is associated with a high risk of cardiac-cerebral vascular diseases. But the association of the TM C1418T polymorphism with susceptibility to KD, CAL...
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