A genome-wide association study identifies novel and functionally related susceptibility Loci for Kawasaki disease.

A genome-wide association study identifies novel and functionally related susceptibility Loci for Kawasaki disease.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis that damages the coronary arteries in 25% of untreated and approximately 5% of treated children. Epidemiologic data suggest that KD is triggered by unidentified infection(s) in genetically susceptible children. To investigate genetic determinants of KD...

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Main Authors: David Burgner, Sonia Davila, Willemijn B Breunis, Sarah B Ng, Yi Li, Carine Bonnard, Ling Ling, Victoria J Wright, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Miranda Odam, Chisato Shimizu, Jane C Burns, Michael Levin, Taco W Kuijpers, Martin L Hibberd, International Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2607021?pdf=render

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