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Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in O...

Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in O...

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Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in Oceania

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Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in Oceania

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature communications, 2017-05, Vol.8 (1), p.14946-10, Article 14946

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

The indigenous populations of the South Pacific experience a high burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Here we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of RHD susceptibility in 2,852 individuals recruited in eight Oceanian countries. Stratifying by ancestry, we analysed genotyped and imputed variants in Melanesians (607 cases and 1,229 con...

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Association between a common immunoglobulin heavy chain allele and rheumatic heart disease risk in Oceania

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f1a3562bc39247d39047f5629a43276b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_f1a3562bc39247d39047f5629a43276b

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2041-1723

E-ISSN

2041-1723

DOI

10.1038/ncomms14946

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