Rare TLR7 Variants Implicated in COVID-19 Severity in Case Study of Affected Brothers

Jul 24, 2020

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NEW YORK – Rare genetic alterations in the TLR7 gene may have predisposed two sets of brothers to falling severely ill with COVID-19, a new analysis has found.

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Rare TLR7 Variants Implicated in COVID-19 Severity in Case Study of Affected Brothers

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