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Association of ENPP1 gene polymorphisms with hand osteoarthritis in a Chuvasha population.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2005
Suk Eun-Kyung, Malkin Ida, Dahm Stefan, Kalichman Leonid, Ruf Nico, Kobyliansky Eugene, Toliat Mohammad, Rutsch Frank, Nürnberg Peter, Livshits Gregory
Abstract excerpt
Periarticular calcification is a common attendant symptom of generalized arterial calcification of infancy, a rare Mendelian disorder caused by mutations of the gene coding for ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1). This prompted us to perform a family-based association study to test the hypothesis that genetic variation at the ENPP1 locus is involved in the etiology of osteoarthritis of the...
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