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Maxim Freidin

Queen Mary University of London
Verified email at qmul.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19

C Menni, AM Valdes, MB Freidin, CH Sudre… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
A total of 2,618,862 participants reported their potential symptoms of COVID-19 on a
smartphone-based app. Among the 18,401 who had undergone a SARS-CoV-2 test, the proportion …

Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

…, MB Freidin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide
asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of …

[HTML][HTML] Intervertebral disc biology: genetic basis of disc degeneration

S Munir, M Rade, JH Määttä, MB Freidin… - Current molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of Review This review aims to highlight recent advances in understanding the
genetic basis of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Recent Findings It has been known for …

Loss of smell and taste in combination with other symptoms is a strong predictor of COVID-19 infection

C Menni, AM Valdes, MB Freidin, S Ganesh… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Importance A strategy for preventing further spread of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic is to
detect infections and isolate infected individuals without the need of extensive bio-specimen …

Symptom clusters in COVID-19: A potential clinical prediction tool from the COVID Symptom Study app

…, JC Pujol, JL du Cadet, A Visconti, MB Freidin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
As no one symptom can predict disease severity or the need for dedicated medical support
in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we asked whether documenting symptom time …

Current smoking and COVID-19 risk: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people

…, J El-Sayed_Moustafa, AA Laverty, JK Quint, M Freidin… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The association between current tobacco smoking, the risk of developing
symptomatic COVID-19 and the severity of illness is an important information gap. Methods UK …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis identifies seven susceptibility loci involved in the atopic march

…, MAR Ferreira, C Laprise, MB Freidin… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Eczema often precedes the development of asthma in a disease course called the ‘atopic
march’. To unravel the genes underlying this characteristic pattern of allergic disease, we …

[HTML][HTML] Leprosy and the adaptation of human toll-like receptor 1

…, TC Mills, A Srivastava, A Rudko, MB Freidin… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium
leprae and remains endemic in many parts of the world. Despite several major studies on …

Probable delirium is a presenting symptom of COVID-19 in frail, older adults: a cohort study of 322 hospitalised and 535 community-based older adults

…, A Visconti, M Mangino, MB Freidin… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty, increased vulnerability to physiological stressors, is associated with
adverse outcomes. COVID-19 exhibits a more severe disease course in older, comorbid adults. …

Self-reported symptoms of COVID-19, including symptoms most predictive of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are heritable

FMK Williams, MB Freidin, M Mangino… - Twin research and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Susceptibility to infection such as SARS-CoV-2 may be influenced by host genotype.
TwinsUK volunteers (n = 3261) completing the C-19 COVID-19 symptom tracker app allowed …