ITPKC single nucleotide polymorphism associated with the Kawasaki disease in a Taiwanese population.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized by systemic vasculitis with unknown etiology. Previous studies from Japan indicated that a gene polymorphism of ITPKC (rs28493229) is responsible for susceptibility to KD. We collected DNA samples from 1,531 Taiwanese subjects (341 KD patients and 1,190 control...

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Main Authors: Ho-Chang Kuo, Kuender D Yang, Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Chi-Di Liang, Wei-Chiao Chen, Yu-Shiuan Wang, Chih-Hung Lee, Edward Hsi, Hong-Ren Yu, Peng-Yeong Woon, I-Chun Lin, Chien-Fu Huang, Daw-Yang Hwang, Chiu-Ping Lee, Li-Yan Lin, Wei-Pin Chang, Wei-Chiao Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21533171/?tool=EBI