Author Correction: Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies.
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SUBMITTER: Hagenbeek FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109051 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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Author Correction: Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies.
Hagenbeek Fiona A FA Pool René R van Dongen Jenny J Draisma H M HM Jan Hottenga Jouke J Willemsen Gonneke G Abdellaoui Abdel A Fedko Iryna O IO den Braber Anouk A Visser Pieter Jelle PJ de Geus Eco J C N EJCN Willems van Dijk Ko K Verhoeven Aswin A Suchiman H Eka HE Beekman Marian M Slagboom P Eline PE van Duijn Cornelia M CM Harms Amy C AC Hankemeier Thomas T Bartels Meike M Nivard Michel G MG Boomsma Dorret I DI
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