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A strong association between obesity and COVID-19 complications and a lack of prognostic factors that explain the unpredictable severity among these patients still exist despite the various vaccination program...
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Open AccessOsteoprotegerin gene polymorphisms and otosclerosis: an additional genetic association study, multilocus interaction and meta-analysis
Otosclerosis (OTSC) is among the most common causes of a late-onset hearing loss in adults and is characterized by an abnormal bone growth in the otic capsule. Alteration in the osteoprotegerin (OPG) expressio...
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Correction to: Gene duplication and functional divergence of the zebrafish otospiralin genes
In the originally published article, the first names and family names of the authors were interchanged, hence not correct. The correct presentation of names is presented above.
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Gene duplication and functional divergence of the zebrafish otospiralin genes
Otospiralin (OTOSP) is a small protein of unknown function, expressed in fibrocytes of the inner ear and required for normal cochlear auditory function. Despite its conservation from fish to mammals, expressio...
