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The association between schizophrenia and white blood cells count: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study.
BMC psychiatry - 19 Apr 2023
Gao Zibo, Li Biao, Guo Xinru, Bai Wei, Kou Changgui
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BACKGROUND: Positive associations between the risk of schizophrenia and the level of white blood cells (WBC) count have been suggested by observational studies. However, the causality of this association is still unclear. METHODS: We used a group of bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to estimate the causal relationship between schizophrenia and WBC count traits (i.e., WBC count,...
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