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Newest in this topic

  1. Y chromosome mosaicism is associated with age-related macular degeneration 2018-08-29
  2. Genomic mosaicism with increased amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene copy number in single neurons from sporadic Alzheimer's disease brains 2015-02-04

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2015 to 2018

Top journals

  • European journal of human genetics : EJHG 1
  • eLife 1

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  1. Y chromosome mosaicism is associated with age-related macular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2018-08-29 Genetics

    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in industrialised countries, and thereby a major individual but also a socio-economic burden.

  2. Previous reports have shown that individual neurons of the brain can display somatic genomic mosaicism of unknown function.

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