Meta-analysis confirms an association between gout and a common variant of LRRC16A locus

Affiliations

• ¹ a Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine , National Defense Medical College , Tokorozawa, Saitama , Japan.
• ² b Department of Preventive Medicine , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi , Japan.
• ³ c Ryougoku East Gate Clinic , Tokyo , Japan.
• ⁴ d Department of Pathophysiology , Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences , Tokyo , Japan , and.
• ⁵ e Division of Kidney and Hypertension , Jikei University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan.