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Prevalence and inheritance of hip osteoarthritis in Iceland.
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica. Supplementum - 1 Dec 2000
Ingvarsson T
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to: (I) assess the prevalence of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in Iceland and compare it with that in Southern Scandinavia, (II) determine the incidence of total hip replacement (THR) for primary OA in Iceland, (III) compare two different methods for defining radiographic hip OA, (IV) assess in a population-wide study in Iceland the genetic contribution t hip OA leading to THR, and (V)...
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