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Identification of 14 novel susceptibility loci for diaphragmatic hernia development and their biological and clinical implications: results from the UK Biobank.
Surgical endoscopy - 1 Oct 2022
Campbell Michelle, Wei Jun, Attaar Mikhail, Wu Hoover, Wong Harry J, Ujiki Michael B, Xu Jianfeng
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INTRODUCTION: Genetic contributions to hernia development are incompletely understood. This study performed the first comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) for diaphragmatic hernia using a large population-based cohort in the UK Biobank (UKB). METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Two-stage GWAS (discovery and confirmation) was performed for diaphragmatic hernia in the UKB. Briefly, 275,549 and 91,850 subjects...
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