R 1 Title : Genetic variation in the SLC 8 A 1 calcium signaling pathway is associated with susceptibility to Kawasaki disease and coronary artery abnormalities

Chisato Shimizu, MD*, Hariklia Eleftherohorinou, PhD, Victoria J. Wright, PhD, Jihoon Kim, MS, Martin P. Alphonse, MSc, James C. Perry, MD, Rolando Cimaz, MD, PhD, David Burgner, MD, PhD, Nagib Dahdah, MD, Long T. Hoang, PhD, Chiea Chuen Khor, PhD, Andrea Salgado, MD, Adriana H. Tremoulet, MD, MAS, Sonia Davila, PhD, Taco W Kuijpers, MD, Martin L. Hibberd, PhD, Todd A. Johnson, PhD, Atsushi Takahashi, PhD , Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, PhD, Michiaki Kubo, MD, PhD, Toshihiro Tanaka, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Onouchi, MD, PhD, Rae S. M. Yeung, MD, PhD, Lachlan J. M. Coin, PhD , Michael Levin, FRCPCH, PhD , Jane C. Burns, MD on behalf of International Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium