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Telomere Length and Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Dec 2022
Wang Xu-Fan, Xu Wen-Jing, Wang Fei-Fei, Leng Rui, Yang Xiao-Ke, Ling Hua-Zhi, Fan Yin-Guang, Tao Jin-Hui, Shuai Zong-Wen, Zhang Li, Ye Dong-Qing, Leng Rui-Xue
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OBJECTIVE: Previous observational studies demonstrated that a subset of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have markedly short telomere length in leukocytes. This study was undertaken to test whether leukocyte telomere length is causally associated with risk of SLE. METHODS: A 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted to estimate causality of telomere length on SLE in European...
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