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The inheritance of hip osteoarthritis in Iceland
1 Dec 2000
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of genetics to hand osteoarthritis (HOA) and its subsets in the Icelandic population. METHODS: A list of 2,919 HOA patients, constituting 1% of the Icelandic population, was compiled through nationwide sources. This patient list was cross-referenced with a comprehensive Icelandic genealogy database, enabling the use of algorithms to assess familiality of HOA. Two methods were...
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