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Critical genes in genitourinary embryogenesis are related to the development of adult hydrocele.
Scientific reports - 5 Dec 2024
Roberson Jeffrey L, Neylan Christopher J, Judy Renae, Walker Venexia, Tsao Philip S, Damrauer Scott M, Maguire Lillias H
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Despite being a common urologic disorder with potentially complicated sequela, the genetic background of adult hydrocele has not previously been described. We performed a multi-population genome-wide association study of 363,460 men in the United Kingdom BioBank and FinnGen cohorts. We identified 6,548 adult men with hydrocele. We analyzed common variants (minor allele frequency > 0.01) associated with hydrocele...
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