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Genetic mechanisms of knee osteoarthritis: a population based case-control study.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Oct 2004
Jones G, Ding C, Scott F, Cicuttini F
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OBJECTIVE: To compare subjects who had at least one parent with a total knee replacement for severe primary knee osteoarthritis with age and sex matched controls who had no family history of knee osteoarthritis DESIGN: Population based case-control study of 188 matched pairs (mean age 45 years, range 26 to 60). METHODS: Articular cartilage volume and bone size were determined at the patella and at the medial...
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