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Genome-wide association study of serum selenium concentrations.
Nutrients - 21 May 2013
Gong Jian, Hsu Li, Harrison Tabitha, King Irena B, Stürup Stefan, Song Xiaoling, Duggan David, Liu Yan, Hutter Carolyn, Chanock Stephen J, Eaton Charles B, Marshall James R, Peters Ulrike
Abstract excerpt
Selenium is an essential trace element and circulating selenium concentrations have been associated with a wide range of diseases. Candidate gene studies suggest that circulating selenium concentrations may be impacted by genetic variation; however, no study has comprehensively investigated this hypothesis. Therefore, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study to identify genetic variants associated...
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