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Evidence for familial aggregation of hand, hip, and spine but not knee osteoarthritis in siblings with multiple joint involvement: the GARP study.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Mar 2005
Riyazi N, Meulenbelt I, Kroon H M, Ronday K H, Hellio le Graverand M-P, Rosendaal F R, Breedveld F C, Slagboom P E, Kloppenburg M
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether familial aggregation of osteoarthritis differs by joint site in a sibling pair study (GARP) of patients with osteoarthritis at multiple sites. SUBJECTS: White Dutch probands aged 40 to 70 years and their siblings with primary osteoarthritis at multiple sites. METHODS: The diagnosis of knee, hip, and spine osteoarthritis was based on a combination of pain or stiffness on most days of...
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