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. 2020 Aug 7;41(30):2904-2907.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz907.

Somatic mosaicism: implications for the cardiovascular system

Soichi Sano  1 , Ying Wang  1 , Kenneth Walsh  1
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Somatic mosaicism: implications for the cardiovascular system

Soichi Sano et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Figure 1
We are mosaics. Recent studies have documented somatic mosaicism and aberrant clonal expansions in multiple cell types and tissues.
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