Genetic Variation in Genes Encoding Airway Epithelial Potassium Channels Is Associated with Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Pediatric Population

Michael T. Purkey; Jin Li; Frank Mentch; Struan F. A. Grant; Martin Desrosiers; Hakon Hakonarson; Elina Toskala

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089329

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Genetic Variation in Genes Encoding Airway Epithelial Potassium Channels Is Associated with Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Pediatric Population

Michael T. Purkey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael T. Purkey, Jin Li

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jin Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael T. Purkey, Jin Li

Affiliation Center for Applied Genomics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Frank Mentch,

Affiliation Center for Applied Genomics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Struan F. A. Grant,

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Martin Desrosiers,

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Québec Canada
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Hakon Hakonarson ,

* E-mail: Hakonarson@email.chop.edu (HH); Elina.Toskala@tuhs.temple.edu (ET)

Affiliations Center for Applied Genomics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Human Genetics, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Elina Toskala

* E-mail: Hakonarson@email.chop.edu (HH); Elina.Toskala@tuhs.temple.edu (ET)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Genetic Variation in Genes Encoding Airway Epithelial Potassium Channels Is Associated with Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Pediatric Population

Michael T. Purkey,
Jin Li,
Frank Mentch,
Struan F. A. Grant,
Martin Desrosiers,
Hakon Hakonarson,
Elina Toskala

Published: March 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089329

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