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Communicating PNPLA3 genetic risk status for NAFLD among Mexican-origin men.
Frontiers in public health - 1 Jan 2022
Villavicencio Edgar A, Maldonado Adriana, Crocker Rebecca M, Guan Yue, Stallman Chris, Garcia David O
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Introduction: The burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) continues to disproportionately impact under-resourced communities in the U.S., particularly Mexican-origin populations. Genetic polymorphisms such as the rs738409 C/G variant in patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) have been associated with higher prevalence of and progression along the NAFLD spectrum. This qualitative study...
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