A genome-wide association study of LCH identifies a variant in SMAD6 associated with susceptibility

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To the editor: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a hematologic disorder that presents with a wide spectrum of symptoms, ranging from focal lesions to potentially lethal multiorgan disease, affecting 4 to 8 per million children per year[1][1] and 1 to 2 per million adults per year.[2][2]

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