Contrary to expectation, those results have not been consistent and the single-nucleotide polymorphisms that were found to be highly significant in one GWAS did not appear to be significant in other racial replication studies. 4) 5) 6) The genetic factors associated with CAA, the most important long-term sequela of KD, have been studied in a few studies, but are not conclusive and have not yet been replicated in other study.
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New Insight to the Pathogenetic Mechanism of Kawasaki Disease (KD): the Relationship between Clinical Diversity and Genetic Heterogeneity.
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