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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY / RESEARCH LETTER
No genetic causal links detected between antihypertensive medications and bladder cancer: insights from a trans-ancestry, drug-target Mendelian randomization analysis
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Department of Nursing, Research Center of Molecular Medicine (Ph.D. Lab), Nantong Health College of Jiangsu Province, Nantong, China
2
Nantong First People’s Hospital, Nantong, China
3
Clinical Research Development Unit, Ali-Ibn Abi-Talib Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nantong, China
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Clinical Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2024-11-23
Final revision date: 2025-02-28
Acceptance date: 2025-03-28
Online publication date: 2025-04-22
Publication date: 2026-01-16
Corresponding author
Hai-Yan Hao
Clinical Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China., China
Clinical Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China., China
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(6):2856-2863
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