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We thank E. Tiensuu Janson, S. Enroth and C. Polychronakos for review of the manuscript. K. Ström is acknowledged for collection of samples from the ULSAM cohort. The study was sponsored by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, the Swedish Research Council, the Olle Enqvist Byggmästare Foundation, the Kjell and Märta Beijers Foundation to L.A.F. and by the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Research Council, Konung Gustav V:s och Drottning Viktorias Frimurarestiftelse and the Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala, to J.P.D. Genotyping and sequencing were performed by the SNP&SEQ Technology Platform in Uppsala, which is part of the Science for Life Laboratory at Uppsala University and is supported as a national infrastructure by the Swedish Research Council.
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Forsberg, L.A., Halvardson, J., Rychlicka-Buniowska, E. et al. Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in leukocytes matters. Nat Genet 51, 4–7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0267-9
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