The SLC22A12 gene is associated with gout in Han Chinese and Solomon Islanders

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1252-1254

  Tu, Hung Pin ^a   Chen, Chung Jen ^b   Lee, Chien Hung ^c   Tovosia, Silent ^d   Ko, Albert Min Shan ^c   Wang, Shu Jung ^c   Ou, Tsan Teng ^e   Lin, Gau Tyan ^e   Chiang, Shang Lun ^c   Chiang, Hung Che ^f   Chen, Ping Ho ^f   Chang, Shun Jen ^a   Lai, Han Ming ^b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a,c,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ADULT; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLOMON ISLANDS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77953728728     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.114504     Document Type: Letter

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