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Polygenic scores and their applications in kidney disease.
Nature reviews. Nephrology - 1 Jan 2025
Khan Atlas, Kiryluk Krzysztof
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered thousands of risk variants that individually have small effects on the risk of human diseases, including chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, heart diseases and inflammatory disorders, but cumulatively explain a substantial fraction of disease risk, underscoring the complexity and pervasive polygenicity of common disorders. This complexity poses unique...
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