Genome-wide association study identifies variants in HORMAD2 associated with tonsillectomy.
Feenstra B, Bager P, Liu X et al.
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Inflammation of the tonsils is a normal response to infection, but some individuals experience recurrent, severe tonsillitis and massive hypertrophy of the tonsils in which case surgical removal of the tonsils may be considered.
1,464 Northwestern European ancestry cases and 12,019 Northwestern European ancestry controls.
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