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Assessment of the genetic basis of rosacea by genome-wide association study.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 2015
Chang Anne Lynn S, Raber Inbar, Xu Jin, Li Rui, Spitale Robert, Chen Julia, Kiefer Amy K, Tian Chao, Eriksson Nicholas K, Hinds David A, Tung Joyce Y
Abstract excerpt
Rosacea is a common, chronic skin disease that is currently incurable. Although environmental factors influence rosacea, the genetic basis of rosacea is not established. In this genome-wide association study, a discovery group of 22,952 individuals (2,618 rosacea cases and 20,334 controls) was analyzed, leading to identification of two significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with rosacea,...
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