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SUBMITTER: Hafren L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503307 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hafrén Lena L Einarsdottir Elisabet E Kentala Erna E Hammarén-Malmi Sari S Bhutta Mahmood F MF MacArthur Carol J CJ Wilmot Beth B Casselbrant Margaretha M Conley Yvette P YP Weeks Daniel E DE Mandel Ellen M EM Vaarala Outi O Kallio Anna A Melin Merit M Nieminen Janne K JK Leinonen Eira E Kere Juha J Mattila Petri S PS
PloS one 20150715 7
<h4>Background</h4>Predisposition to childhood otitis media (OM) has a strong genetic component, with polymorphisms in innate immunity genes suspected to contribute to risk. Studies on several genes have been conducted, but most associations have failed to replicate in independent cohorts.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated 53 gene polymorphisms in a Finnish cohort of 624 cases and 778 controls. A positive association signal was followed up in a tagging approach and tested in an independent Finnish ...[more]