Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies IL-18 and FUCA2 as Novel Genes Associated with Diastolic Function in African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease

• Julio D. Duarte ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julio D. Duarte, Ankit A. Desai

  * E-mail: juliod@cop.ufl.edu (JDD); machador@uic.edu (RFM)

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Ankit A. Desai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julio D. Duarte, Ankit A. Desai

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

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• Justin R. Sysol,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Taimur Abbasi,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Amit R. Patel,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL United States of America

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• Roberto M. Lang,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL United States of America

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• Akash Gupta,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Joe G. N. Garcia,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America

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• Victor R. Gordeuk,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Roberto F. Machado

  * E-mail: juliod@cop.ufl.edu (JDD); machador@uic.edu (RFM)

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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