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Major Genetic Risk Factors for Dupuytren's Disease Are Inherited From Neandertals.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jun 2023
Ågren Richard, Patil Snehal, Zhou Xiang, Sahlholm Kristoffer, Pääbo Svante, Zeberg Hugo
Abstract excerpt
Dupuytren's disease is characterized by fingers becoming permanently bent in a flexed position. Whereas people of African ancestry are rarely afflicted by Dupuytren's disease, up to ∼30% of men over 60 years suffer from this condition in northern Europe. Here, we meta-analyze 3 biobanks comprising 7,871 cases and 645,880 controls and find 61 genome-wide significant variants associated with Dupuytren's disease. We...
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