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Shared genetic architecture of hernias: A genome-wide association study with multivariable meta-analysis of multiple hernia phenotypes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Ahmed Waheed Ul-Rahman, Patel Manal I A, Ng Michael, McVeigh James, Zondervan Krina, Wiberg Akira, Furniss Dominic
Abstract excerpt
Abdominal hernias are common and characterised by the abnormal protrusion of a viscus through the wall of the abdominal cavity. The global incidence is 18.5 million annually and there are limited non-surgical treatments. To improve understanding of common hernia aetiopathology, we performed a six-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 62,637 UK Biobank participants with either single or multiple hernia...
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