Genome-wide association analysis reveals variants on chromosome 19 that contribute to childhood risk of chronic otitis media with effusion

To identify genetic risk factors of childhood otitis media (OM), a genome-wide association study was performed on Finnish subjects, 829 affected children, and 2118 randomly selected controls. The most significant and validated finding was an association with an 80 kb region on chromosome 19. It incl...

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Main Authors: Einarsdottir, Elisabet, Hafrén, Lena, Leinonen, Eira, Bhutta, Mahmood F., Kentala, Erna, Kere, Juha, Mattila, Petri S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025747/