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Understanding unspecific complaints through genetics

Unspecific and unexplained medical complaints can be frustrating to both patients and clinicians. A cause for these complex symptoms and signs may now have been identified.

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Sprecher, E. Understanding unspecific complaints through genetics. Nat Genet 48, 1450–1451 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3730

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