Copy-number analysis goes more than skin deep.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Haplotype phasing and inheritance of copy number variants in nuclear families.PloS one · 2015
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2. Narrowing down the distal border of the copy number variable beta-defensin gene cluster on human 8p23.BMC research notes · 2014
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3. Association of β-defensin copy number and psoriasis in three cohorts of European origin.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2012
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4. Structural haplotypes and recent evolution of the human 17q21.31 region.Nature genetics · 2012
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5. Novel common copy number variation for early onset extreme obesity on chromosome 11q11 identified by a genome-wide analysis.Human molecular genetics · 2011
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6. Measurement methods and accuracy in copy number variation: failure to replicate associations of beta-defensin copy number with Crohn's disease.Human molecular genetics · 2010
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7. Chipping away the 'missing heritability': GIANT steps forward in the molecular elucidation of obesity - but still lots to go.Obesity facts · 2010
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8. Copy number variation and antigenic repertoire.Nature genetics · 2009
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9. Vitamin D analogs differentially control antimicrobial peptide/"alarmin" expression in psoriasis.PloS one · 2009
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10. Allelic recombination between distinct genomic locations generates copy number diversity in human beta-defensins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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11. Analysis of copy number variation using quantitative interspecies competitive PCR.Nucleic acids research · 2008
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12. Copy number of FCGR3B, which is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, correlates with protein expression and immune complex uptake.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2008
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  Psoriasis is associated with increased beta-defensin genomic copy number.2008

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