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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kuo HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3077380 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20110414 4
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 controls) for genotyping ITPKC. In this study, no significant association was noted for the ITPKC polymorphism (rs28493229) between the controls and KD patients, although the CC genotype was overrepresented. ...[more]