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Haplotypes of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene: are they a risk factor in osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Jul 2005
Smith A J P, Gidley J, Sandy J R, Perry M J, Elson C J, Kirwan J R, Spector T D, Doherty M, Bidwell J L, Mansell J P
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OBJECTIVE: Several genome-wide scans have revealed an osteoarthritis (OA)-susceptibility locus on chromosome 11q in close proximity to the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene. The regulation of bone mass is under the control of LRP5 and since increased bone mass is thought to play a role in the pathology of OA we examined LRP5 polymorphisms and haplotypes to determine if variants of...
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