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Genome-wide Association Study of Postburn Scarring Identifies a Novel Protective Variant.
Annals of surgery - 1 Oct 2015
Sood Ravi F, Hocking Anne M, Muffley Lara A, Ga Maricar, Honari Shari, Reiner Alexander P, Gibran Nicole S
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OBJECTIVE: To identify genetic variants associated with the severity of postburn hypertrophic scarring (HTS) using a genome-wide approach. BACKGROUND: Risk of severe postburn HTS is known to depend on race, but the genetic determinants of HTS are unknown. METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in a prospective cohort of adults admitted with deep-partial-thickness burns from 2007 through...
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