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Clonal hematopoiesis: the nonhereditary genetics of age-associated cardiovascular disease.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 May 2023
Sano Soichi, Thel Mark C, Walsh Kenneth
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Somatic mutations, described as noninherited changes in DNA that arise and are passed on to descendant cells, are well known to cause cancers; however, it is increasingly appreciated that the propagation of somatic mutations within a tissue may have a role in causing nonneoplastic disorders and abnormalities in elderly individuals. The nonmalignant clonal expansion of somatic mutations in the...
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