From genome-wide association to biological explanation

M A M van Steensel^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
² Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.

Editorial

M A M van Steensel. Br J Dermatol. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;181(6):1113-1114.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.18462.

M A M van Steensel^{1

2}

¹ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
² Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.

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Genome-wide meta-analysis implicates mediators of hair follicle development and morphogenesis in risk for severe acne.
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