Association study of candidate genes for the prevalence and progression of knee osteoarthritis.

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OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA), characterized by late-onset degeneration of articular cartilage, is recognized to have a genetic component. We examined the role of 26 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 24 candidate genes in OA susceptibility and progression. METHODS: We compared human complementary DNA libraries from OA-affected and normal cartilage and synovium and selected 22 genes in addition to the...

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