Open AccessAssociation Between a Common, Benign Genotype and Unnecessary Bone Marrow Biopsies Among African American Patients
Author(s) -
Sara L. Van Driest,
Noura S. AbulHusn,
Joseph Glessner,
Lisa Bastarache,
Sharon Nirenberg,
Jonathan S. Schildcrout,
Meghana Eswarappa,
Gillian M. Belbin,
Christian M. Shaffer,
Frank Mentch,
John J. Connolly,
Mingjian Shi,
Christoph Stein,
Dan M. Roden,
Hákon Hákonarson,
Nancy J. Cox,
Scott C. Borinstein,
Jonathan D. Mosley
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3108
Subject(s) - medicine , bone marrow , genotype , association (psychology) , pathology , dermatology , genetics , gene , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Up to two-thirds of African American individuals carry the benign rs2814778-CC genotype that lowers total white blood cell (WBC) count.
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