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The genetic contribution and relevance of knee cartilage defects: case-control and sib-pair studies.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2005
Ding Changhai, Cicuttini Flavia, Scott Fiona, Stankovich James, Cooley Helen, Jones Graeme
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the differences in knee cartilage defects between offspring of subjects with at least one parent with a total knee replacement for severe primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) and controls; and to estimate the heritability of knee cartilage defects in sib-pairs. METHODS: Population based, case-control study of 186 matched pairs (mean age 45 yrs, range 26-61) and sib-pair study of 128 subjects...
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