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Identification of a novel common genetic risk factor for lumbar disk disease.
JAMA - 11 Apr 2001
Paassilta P, Lohiniva J, Göring H H, Perälä M, Räinä S S, Karppinen J, Hakala M, Palm T, Kröger H, Kaitila I, Vanharanta H, Ott J, Ala-Kokko L
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CONTEXT: Lumbar disk disease (LDD) is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases, with a prevalence of about 5%. A tryptophan (Trp) allele (Trp2) was recently discovered in the COL9A2 gene that is associated with dominantly inherited LDD but is only present in about 4% of Finnish patients wi...
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