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Genetic epidemiology of skeletal system aging in apparently healthy human population.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Feb 2005
Livshits Gregory
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The study of our team was driven by a clinical problem of age-dependent chronic degenerative disease of skeleton that includes osteoporosis (OP) and osteoarthritis (OA)-related phenotypes. The major aims of the study included evaluation of the putative genetic factors determining the rate and pattern of the bone and cartilage loss and identification of the specific genes involved in this process. In addition, we...
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