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Genetic Evaluation of Disease Trajectories in the GCAT cohort

Research Leader:
Rafael de Cid, PhD. GCAT Chief Scientist, Genomes for Life-GCAT Lab
Institution:
IGTP

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:

GCAT TEAM

UPF TEAM

INSTITUTIONS:

FUNDING AGENCIES: GCAT-VEIS / UPF-VEIS

SUMMARY

An individual develops different diseases throughout his life. The set of diseases that appear in the same individual is known as comorbidity. The coexistence of these diseases can alter their evolution, produce a decrease in the patient's quality of life and even increase mortality (Valderas et al., 2009).

The study of comorbidity and more specifically of the temporal patterns of diseases, these being a set of diseases that appear associated in a high number of individuals and generally in a certain order, can help to understand the mechanisms that cause this disease. Associations will be able to predict the susceptibility of a specific patient to a certain disease (Giannoula et al., 2018).

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