Interferon-induced transmembrane protein-3 genetic variant rs12252-C is associated with disease severity in COVID-19
A major unanswered question in the current global COVID-19 outbreak is why a small minority of infected individuals develop severe disease. Here we report that homozygosity for the C allele of rs12252 in the interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) gene is associated with more severe dise...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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