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Osteoarthritis-susceptibility locus on chromosome 11q, detected by linkage.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 1999
Chapman K, Mustafa Z, Irven C, Carr A J, Clipsham K, Smith A, Chitnavis J, Sinsheimer J S, Bloomfield V A, McCartney M, Cox O, Cardon L R, Sykes B, Loughlin J
Abstract excerpt
We present a two-stage genomewide scan for osteoarthritis-susceptibility loci, using 481 families that each contain at least one affected sibling pair. The first stage, with 272 microsatellite markers and 297 families, involved a sparse map covering 23 chromosomes at intervals of approximately 15 cM. Sixteen markers that showed evidence of linkage at nominal P</=.05 were then taken through to the second stage,...
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