GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19.
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Nature. 2023 May;617(7962):764-768. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06034-3. Epub 2023 May 17.
Nature. 2023.
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Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype that we have previously shown(1) to be highly efficient for discovery of genetic associations(2). Despite the advanced stage of illness at presentation, we have shown that host genetics …
Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype that we have previously shown(1) to be highly …