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Telomere length as a modifier of age-at-onset in Huntington disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

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    N. Ahmad Aziz

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Aziz, N.A., Weydt, P. Telomere length as a modifier of age-at-onset in Huntington disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. J Neurol 265, 2149–2151 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8972-y

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