Anthony Wynshaw-Boris and Joy Greer from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine in La Jolla, writing in the same journal, say the findings are "intriguing".

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Of the 10, 479 one-year-olds seen, 184 failed the initial check-up and were referred for further evaluation by the team at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

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I'd get seven hours of shut-eye a night because a six-year, large-scale population study of sleep done at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine associated it with the lowest death rate among adults.

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Michael Kaback, emeritus professor of pediatrics and reproductive medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, says trying to determine the frequency of carriers for Tay-Sachs among the Irish is likely to be complex.

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