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2018.04.13
Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes.(Okada Group, in Nature Genetics)
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The international research groups including Yukinori Okada (IFReC & Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University) conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 individuals (67,162 cases and 454,450 controls) and discovered 22 new stroke risk loci, bringing the total to 32.
Fig.1. Genetic loci identified by the trans-ethnic genome-wide meta-analysis of stroke. (Osaka University)
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