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. 2026 Feb 20.
doi: 10.1007/s13258-026-01746-y. Online ahead of print.

GWAS reveals common SLX4 variants associated with telomere length and hypertension in individuals of African ancestry

Nicole Benfield  1 , Prisca K Thami  1 , James Ware  1 , Laura Collopy  2
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GWAS reveals common SLX4 variants associated with telomere length and hypertension in individuals of African ancestry

Nicole Benfield et al. Genes Genomics. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Ethnic disparities; GWAS; Human genomics; Hypertension; Telomere length.

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