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Mendelian Randomization to Evaluate the Causal Effect of Serum Bilirubin on Atrial Fibrillation

  • Takashi Hisamatsu (Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  • Received : 2023.03.22
  • Accepted : 2023.04.10
  • Published : 2023.07.01

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Acknowledgement

I thank Barbara Garbers, PhD, from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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