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Sequence variations in the collagen IX and XI genes are associated with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Dec 2003
Noponen-Hietala N, Kyllönen E, Männikkö M, Ilkko E, Karppinen J, Ott J, Ala-Kokko L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is usually caused by disc herniation or degeneration. Several genetic factors have been implicated in disc disease. Tryptophan alleles in COL9A2 and COL9A3 have been shown to be associated with lumbar disc disease in the Finnish population, and polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) (FokI and TaqI), the matrix metalloproteinase-3 gene (MMP-3) and...
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