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Van der Velden, W., Feuth, T., Stevens, W. et al. Issues in genetic association studies: limitations of statistical analysis and biological plausibility. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 906–907 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.211
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