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  1. Infertility is a widespread issue that affects over five million couples globally. The cause of this condition can be related to women, men, or both. Male infertility, as a clinical disorder, can be caused by ...

    Authors: Roya Sinaei, Khosro Jamebozorgi, Hossein Mirshekarpour, Hossein Poormasoumi, Amirhossein Mahdizadeh, Zahra Akbari and Eskandar Taghizadeh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:40
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Hearing loss occurs during various periods of life. Around half of the world's hearing loss is considered to be inherited or genetic. Audiologists play a key role in educating the patient/family about the orig...

    Authors: Harini Madhu, Sathya Harinath and Venkatachalam Deepa Parvathi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:39
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  4. Inter-individual variations in the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection are among the challenging features of COVID-19. The known role of telomeres in cell proliferation and immune competency highli...

    Authors: Ata Mahmoodpoor, Sarvin Sanaie, Maqsoud Eskandari, Nazila Behrouzi, Majid Taghizadeh, Faranak Roudbari, Babak Emamalizadeh, Nasim Sohrabifar and Somayeh Kazeminasab
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:37
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  5. Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) and congenital myopathies (CM) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous groups of neuromuscular disorders resulting in prenatal or early-onset hypotonia, muscle weakne...

    Authors: Youssef El Kadiri, Ilham Ratbi, Mouna Ouhenach, Siham Chafai Elalaoui, Imane Cherkaoui Jaouad, Abdelali Zrhidri, Maryem Sahli, Nazha Birouk, Abdelaziz Sefiani and Jaber Lyahyai
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:36
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  6. There are limited data on family screening and genetic testing in pediatric cardiomyopathy from India. This study was conducted to describe the morphologic spectrum and identify potential familial and genetic ...

    Authors: Dheeraj D. Bhatt, Susi Mathews, Vanshika Ahuja, Uzma Shamim, Bharathram Uppilli, Shreya Bari, Dinesh Kumar and Faruq Mohammed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:35
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  7. Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare autosomal recessive lipid storage disorder that leads to multisystem involvement. It is caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene which encodes the mitochondrial enzym...

    Authors: Zahra Beyzaei, Hossein Moravej, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Sorour Inaloo and Bita Geramizadeh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:34
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequent malignancy among elderly men after lung cancer, which has the second incidence and the fourth mortality rate in the Iranian population. The primary objective of th...

    Authors: Abbas Rahimi, Seyed Abdolhamid Angaji, Gilda Karimi, Behnaz Beikzadeh, Raheleh Roudi and Behzad Narouie
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:33
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  9. Lamb–Shaffer syndrome (LAMSHF) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by heterozygous mutation or microdeletion involving the SOX5 gene. LAMSHF is characterize by developmental delay, intellectual disabilit...

    Authors: Jose Cuenca Alcocel, Elena Criado Álamo, Elvira Salvador-Rupérez, Nuria Goñi Ros, Silvia Izquierdo Álvarez, Jose Luis Peña Segura and Ricardo González-Tarancón
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:32
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are prescribed as a targeted therapy to treat chronic myeloid leukemia patients. A challenge in clinical practice is that despite excellent efficacy and improved clinical resp...

    Authors: Erfan Zaker, Negar Nouri, Sepehr Sorkhizadeh, Hamidreza Ghasemirad, Amir Hossein Hajijafari and Fateme Zare
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:31
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. Authors: Saliha Handan Yildiz, Cem Karaosmanoğlu, Rahmi Duman, Nuray Varol, Müjgan Özdemir Erdoğan, Mustafa Solak, Reşat Duman and Muhsin Elmas
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:30
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:16

  12. Stratification analysis studies showed that ethnicity has a significant association regarding MTHFR C677T variant and congenital heart diseases (CHDs) risk, and many published studies have controversial conclusio...

    Authors: Nora N. Esmaiel, Engy A. Ashaat, Ghada M. Al-Ettribi, Alaaeldin Fayez, Sonia A. Alsaiedi and Mona O. El Ruby
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:29
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  13. A case of thyroid hormone deficiency which presented at birth. Thyroid hormones are essential for brain development and normal cognitive function. Common symptoms of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) include cons...

    Authors: Heba Elsedfy and Radwa Gamal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:28
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  14. Understanding the genetic and molecular pathophysiology of lymphedema contributes to the identification of the complex interaction of genes associated with lymphedema and provides a key therapeutic opportunity...

    Authors: Mohammed Youssef Shakra, Sherief Ibrahim, Mostafa El Shahat, Amr Mohamed, Alaa Sharapy, Adel Omar and Alshaimaa AlSaeed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:27
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  15. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of hematopoietic progenitors characterized by gene mutations. The most popular deregulations are mutation and altered expression in the p53 gene, which is considered th...

    Authors: Reem Nabil, Samar S. Elshazly, Naglaa M. Hassan and Hend A. Nooh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:26
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  16. Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease comprises a large spectrum of clinically heterogeneous disorders. PLEKHG5 variants have shown an intermediate form of autosomal-recessive Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease C and distal spina...

    Authors: Mostafa Neissi, Hadideh Mabudi, Adnan Issa Al-Badran, Javad Mohammadi-Asl and Raed Abdulelah Al-Badran
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:25
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  17. The P53 protein has an essential role in several cellular processes, including DNA repair, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest. The pathophysiology of many cancer types has frequently been linked to polymorphisms...

    Authors: Shaza Ahmed, Gehan Safwat, Mohamed M. Moneer, AbdelWahab El Ghareeb, Ahmed A. El Sherif and Samah A. Loutfy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:24
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  19. Inter-individual differences in regulation and activity of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (XMEs) CYP1A and GST might cause distinct susceptibility to chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) phenotypes that need to be explo...

    Authors: Madhavi Jangala, Santoshi Kumari Manche, Madhu Mohan Katika, Raja Meghanadh Koralla and Jyothy Akka
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:22
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  20. Long noncoding RNAs are characterized as noncoding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides in response to a variety of functions within the cells. They are involved in almost all cellular mechanisms so as epig...

    Authors: Maryam Ranjbar, Samaneh Heydarzadeh, Mahmoud Shekari Khaniani, Zahra Foruzandeh, Farhad Seif, Majid Pornour, Dara Rahmanpour, Vahideh Tarhriz and MohammadReza Alivand
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  21. Lung cancer remains one of the most lethal carcinomas worldwide because of its late diagnosis. One of the DNA modifications is methylation, one of the primary alterations of tumor development, consisting of fa...

    Authors: Mahdieh Pourasghariazar, Habib Zarredar, Milad Asadi, Ayse Caner, Aisan Akhgari, Hamed Valizadeh, Soghra Bornehdeli, Shahryar Hashemzadeh and Mortaza Raeisi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:20
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  22. The apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) gene, significantly expressed in liver, has been involved in regulation of triglyceride metabolism, plasma lipid levels, serum adipokine levels and cardiovascular traits. A single-nu...

    Authors: Rafat Fatma, Waseem Chauhan, Seema Riyaz, Khalid Rasheed and Mohammad Afzal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:19
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  23. Migraine is a neurovascular disorder; several studies have demonstrated the immune system plays a key role in migraine pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between FOXP3 gene pol...

    Authors: Fardin Faraji, Ghasem Mosayebi, Maryam Bahrami and Mana Shojapour
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:18
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  24. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer. It has the sixth most incident cases with poor prognosis. Adipokines are known to have been linked with oncogenesis and progression of HCC.

    Authors: Prithvi Singh, Rishabh Gurung, Armiya Sultan and Ravins Dohare
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:17
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  25. The human lens develops age-related cataracts (ARCs) because of the complicated effects of aging and stressful conditions. Under conditions involving oxidative stress, cells form stress granules (SGs). TDRD7 has ...

    Authors: Saliha Handan Yildiz, Cem Karaosmanoğlu, Rahmi Duman, Nuray Varol, Müjgan Özdemir Erdoğan, Mustafa Solak, Reşat Duman and Muhsin Elmas
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:30

  26. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of death from cancer. Some parasites are introduced as an antineoplastic agents that can inhibit the progress of some cancers. The aim ...

    Authors: Seyedmousa Motavallihaghi, Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Sara Soleimani Asl, Ali Shojaeian, Milad Yousefimashouf and Nastaran Barati
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:15
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  27. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused human tragedy through the global spread of the viral pathogen SARS-CoV-2. Although the underlying factors for the severity of COVID-19 in different p...

    Authors: Fatemeh Arab, Samaneh Mollazadeh, Farnaz Ghayourbabaei, Meysam Moghbeli and Ehsan Saburi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:14
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) is a renal carrier transporter protein found in the basolateral membrane of proximal epithelial cells, which facilitates active secretion of Metformin. The genetic polymorph...

    Authors: Swathi Swaroopa Borra, Niva Rose Jane, Dhivyaprasath Palaniappan, Rupakrishnan Subramanian, Mithila Amar Patankar, Sadagoban Gopal Krishnamoorthy and Arun Kanniyappan Parthasarathy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:13
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  29. Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy (HLD) is a specific group of leukodystrophies and is characterized by progressive postnatal growth delay that represents a type of clinically overlapping but genetically heteroge...

    Authors: Maryam Akbari, Zeinab Ebrahimi Tapeh, Mona Zaersabet, Hamzeh Rahimi and Maziar Ganji
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:12
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  30. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disorder encompassing a set of hematopoietic tumors that develop when the myeloid precursor cells undergo disproportionate clonal proliferation. Homeobox A 9 (HOXA9

    Authors: Amira M. N. Abdelrahman, Fetnat Mahmoud Tolba, Howyda Mohamed Kamal, Mona S. Abdellateif, Heba Abdelmoneim Ahmed and Naglaa M. Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:11
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  31. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus called as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Detected for the first time in December 2019 in Wuhan and it has quickly ...

    Authors: Meryem Fakhkhari, Hayat Caidi and Khalid Sadki
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. The pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not fully clarified. Next-generation sequencing technologies have greatly enhanced the identification of new genes associated with ASD. Variants in ANK2 gene ...

    Authors: Catarina Granjo Morais, Rita Quental, Lara Lourenço, Micaela Guardiano, Cármen Silva and Miguel Leão
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:9
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  33. Mitochondrial diseases are a group of rare inborn metabolic disorders with multi-systemic manifestations. MTO1 gene mutations are associated with MTO1 (Mitochondrial tRNA Translation Optimization 1) protein defic...

    Authors: Catarina Maria Almeida, Esmeralda Rodrigues, Teresa Almeida Campos, Laura Vilarinho and Elisa Leão Teles
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:8
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  34. Mycobacteria include ubiquitous species of varying virulence. However, environmental and individual-specific factors, particularly host genetics, play a crucial role in the outcome of exposure to mycobacteria....

    Authors: Abderrahmane Errami, Jamila El Baghdadi, Fatima Ailal, Ibtihal Benhsaien, Kaoutar Ouazahrou, Laurent Abel, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis, Jacinta Bustamante and Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:7
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  35. Meyerozyma guilliermondii is a prospective yeast that has extensively contributed to the biotechnology sector. In 2015, M. guilliermondii strain SO which was isolated from spoiled orange has successfully been dev...

    Authors: Robiatul Azilah Zainudin, Suriana Sabri, Abu Bakar Salleh, Arpah Abu, Raja Farhana Raja Khairuddin and Siti Nurbaya Oslan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:6
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  36. Since MTHFR is the key enzyme in folate metabolism, its reduction can lead to hyperhomocysteinemia, which can have a negative impact on pregnancy outcome. Moreover, MTHFR polymorphism has also been linked with ox...

    Authors: Pratibha Rathod, Ajesh Desai and Divya Chandel
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:5
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  37. The primary factor in sudden cardiac death is coronary artery disease. We intended to discover the diagnostic worth of circulating tumor necrosis factor like cytokine 1A (TL1A) and free fatty acid receptor 2 (...

    Authors: Amira A. Kamel, Salma Taha and Aliaa A. Mosa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:4
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  38. Tuberculosis (TB) is considered one of the most infectious diseases in the world. In this study, we intended to examine the epidemiology of tuberculosis by MIRU-VNTR to define the changes that occur in the tra...

    Authors: Peyvand Kashi, Farzaneh Pakdel, Mohammad Hossein Soroush Barhaghi, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee, Sepehr Taghizadeh, Javid Sadeghi, Mehdi Yousefi, Reza Ghotaslou, Mohammad Asgharzadeh, Pourya Gholizadeh and Hossein Samadi Kafil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:3
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  39. Psychiatric disorders are a major burden on global health. These illnesses manifest as co-morbid conditions, further complicating the treatment. There is a limited understanding of the molecular and regulatory...

    Authors: M. J. Nishanth and Shanker Jha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:2
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  40. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a multifactorial clonal myeloid neoplasm that mainly arises from the Philadelphia chromosome. Even though imatinib mesylate (IM) is considered the gold standard for first-line...

    Authors: Negar Nouri, Valiollah Mehrzad, Zahra Khalaj, Erfan Zaker, Fateme Zare, Elham Abbasi, Maede Khosravi, Seyed Mehdi Kalantar and Mansoor Salehi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2023 24:1
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  41. ATP-binding cassette transporters A1/G1 (ABCA1/G1) is a main regulator of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) formation and reverse cholesterol transport. Impaired ABCA1/G1 genes function may seriously affect choleste...

    Authors: Elaheh Mansouri, Fataneh Esmaeili, Maryam Montaseri, Mohammad Amin Emami, Shabnaz Koochakkhani, Mahmood Khayatian, Hasan Zarei, Habibollah Turki and Ebrahim Eftekhar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:167
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  42. Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) is a severe form of inherited muscle weakness at birth. Recent genetic studies discovered that different gene mutations are responsible for UCMD clinical manifestat...

    Authors: Elaheh Nekouei, Elmira Shokrolahi Yancheshmeh, Javad Mohammadi-Asl and Zafar Maasoumi Moghaddam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:166
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  43. Dietary components can influence the effects of genetic background in breast cancer (BC). This review study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary components on the expression level of BC-related genes.

    Authors: Fatemeh Bourbour, Azam Pourtaheri, Khadijeh Abbasi, Naeemeh Hasanpour Ardekanizadeh, Maryam Gholamalizadeh, Azadeh Hajipour, Sepideh Abdollahi, Seyedeh Elaheh Bagheri, Mina Ahmadzadeh, Saeid Doaei and Arezoo Haghighian
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:165
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  44. Hepcidin is the key regulator of systemic iron homeostasis and is downregulated by matriptase 2 (MT2), a protease encoded by TMPRSS6 gene. In the presence of low iron levels, MT2 cleaves membrane-bound hemojuveli...

    Authors: Halinne Lokuge Thilakshi Chamanika Abeywickrama, Miruna Sudharshani Kalaimani Rabindrakumar, Lakindu Samaranayake Pathira Kankanamge, Tharanga Thoradeniya and Gayani Harendra Galhena
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:164
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  45. Mutations of the human FAM111B gene are associated with hereditary fibrosing poikiloderma with tendon contracture, myopathy, and pulmonary fibrosis (POIKTMP), a rare and autosomal dominant multi-systemic fibrosin...

    Authors: Afolake Arowolo, Cenza Rhoda, Mzwandile Mbele, Oluwafemi G. Oluwole and Nonhlanhla Khumalo
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:163
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  46. The present study was aimed to study the frequencies of HLA-DRB1/-DQB1 alleles and haplotypes of three endogamous groups of Tamil Nadu state, South India. PCR-SSP typing of HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles were perf...

    Authors: Kamaraj Raju, Balakrishnan Karuppiah and Rathika Chinniah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:162
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  47. Cardiovascular disease is now well established as an interaction between genetic and environmental components. Newly identified single nucleotide polymorphisms of angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) influence lipid ...

    Authors: Forough Poursalehi, Malihe Aghasizadeh, Somaye Ghorbanzadeh, Farzaneh heydari, Tooba Kazemi, Farshad Sharifi, Mitra Moodi, Hossen Fakrzadeh and Ebrahim Miri-Moghaddam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:161
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  49. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, and many people get it every year. The cancer stem cells are maybe crucial role to exacerbates and relapse the breast cancer. Therefore, finding biomar...

    Authors: Armaghan Shirinsokhan, Zahra Azarmehr, Arsalan Jalili, Amin Ebrahimi Sadrabadi, Arman Saadati Partan, Sara Tutunchi and Ahmad Bereimipour
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:159
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  50. DiGeorge syndrome (DGS), caused by a deletion del(22)(q11.2q11.2), is the most frequently observed microdeletion syndrome. There is a vast clinical heterogeneity in DGS, and several studies suggested also hete...

    Authors: Luis A. Méndez-Rosado, Norma de León-Ojeda, Alina García, Frenny Sheth, Asmaa Gaadi, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Mouna Lehlimi, Abdelhafid Natiq, Oxana S. Kurinnaia, Svetlana G. Vorsanova, Ivan Iourov, Dagmar Huhle and Thomas Liehr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:158
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