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Population based studies indicate that germline <jats:italic>RET<\/jats:italic>mutations account for no more than 3% of isolated HSCR cases. Recently, we and others have noted that specific polymorphic sequence variants, notably A45A (exon 2), are over-represented in isolated HSCR.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>PURPOSE<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In order to determine if it is the variant per se, a combination thereof, or another locus in linkage disequilibrium which predisposes to HSCR, we looked for association of <jats:italic>RET<\/jats:italic> haplotype(s) and disease in HSCR cases compared to region matched controls.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Seven loci across<jats:italic>RET<\/jats:italic> were typed and haplotypes formed for HSCR cases, their unaffected parents, and region matched controls. Haplotype and genotype frequencies and distributions were compared among these groups using the transmission disequilibrium test and standard case-control statistic.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Twelve unique haplotypes, labelled A-L, were obtained. The distributions of haplotypes between cases and controls (\u03c7<jats:sub>11<\/jats:sub>\n                     <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> =81.4, p&lt;&lt;0.0001) and between cases and non-transmitted parental haplotypes were significantly different (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                     <jats:sub>11<\/jats:sub>=53.1, p&lt;0.0001). Genotypes comprising pairs of haplotypes were formed for cases and controls. There were 38 different genotypes among cases and controls combined. Inspection of the genotypes in these two groups showed that the genotype distribution between cases and controls was distinct (\u03c7<jats:sub>37<\/jats:sub>\n                     <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>=93.8, p&lt;&lt;0.0001). For example, BB, BC, BD, and CD, all of which contain at least one allele with the polymorphic A45A, are prominently represented among HSCR cases, together accounting for &gt;35% of the case genotypes, yet these four genotypes were not represented among the population matched normal controls. Conversely, AA, AG, DD, GG, and GJ, none of which contains A45A, are commonly represented in the controls, together accounting for 43% of the control genotypes, and yet they are never seen among the HSCR cases.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our data suggest that genotypes comprising specific pairs of <jats:italic>RET<\/jats:italic>haplotypes are associated with predisposition to HSCR either in a simple autosomal recessive manner or in an additive, dose dependent fashion.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/jmg.37.8.572","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T06:38:40Z","timestamp":1027751920000},"page":"572-578","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":85,"title":["<i>RET<\/i> genotypes comprising specific haplotypes of polymorphic variants predispose to isolated Hirschsprung 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