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Genetic association studies in Thorax [PDF]
A guide to assessing the validity of genetic association studies in respiratory disease Increasing knowledge regarding the extent of genetic variation in the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in performing genetic association studies in complex diseases.
John D Blakey, Ian P. Hall
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Genotoxicity of waterpipe smoking in young adults from Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Background: Waterpipe, also known as a hookah or narghile, is a type of tobacco products consumption device. Recently it has been increasingly popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region.
Tamara Cetkovic Pecar+8 more
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Population stratification and genetic association studies in South Asia [PDF]
Population stratification and its influence on genetic association studies is a controversial topic. Although it has been suggested that stratification is unlikely to bias the results of association studies conducted in developed countries, convincing ...
Bittles, A.H.
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Genetic association testing using the GENESIS R/Bioconductor package
SUMMARY The Genomic Data Storage (GDS) format provides efficient storage and retrieval of genotypes measured by microarrays and sequencing. We developed GENESIS to perform various single- and aggregate-variant association tests using genotype data stored
S. Gogarten+7 more
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iPSCORE: A Resource of 222 iPSC Lines Enabling Functional Characterization of Genetic Variation across a Variety of Cell Types. [PDF]
Large-scale collections of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could serve as powerful model systems for examining how genetic variation affects biology and disease.
Adler, Eric+47 more
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No genetic causal association between systemic lupus erythematosus and COVID-19
ObjectiveEmerging evidence suggests an increased prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the prototype of autoimmune disease, compared to the general population. However, the conclusions were
Shu-Zhen Xu+11 more
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Novel associations for hypothyroidism include known autoimmune risk loci [PDF]
Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid disorder, affecting about 5% of the general population. Here we present the first large genome-wide association study of hypothyroidism, in 2,564 cases and 24,448 controls from the customer base of 23andMe, Inc.,
A Alcina+57 more
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a genetically complex autoimmune disease characterized by loss of immune tolerance to nuclear and cell surface antigens.
J. Bentham+17 more
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Genetic disorders associated with macrocephaly [PDF]
AbstractMacrocephaly is associated with many genetic disorders and is a frequent cause of referral to the clinical geneticist. In this review we classify the commonly encountered macrocephaly disorders into useful categories and summarize recent genetic advances.
Williams, Charles A.+2 more
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Genetic Risk and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure [PDF]
Aims: To study the association between an atrial fibrillation (AF) genetic risk score with prevalent AF and all-cause mortality in patients with heart failure.
Anker, Stefan D.+22 more
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