GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

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doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06034-3

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GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

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Authors:

Erola Pairo-Castineira

Konrad Rawlik

Andrew D. Bretherick

Abstract

Abstract 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 in patients who ar...

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