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Frizzled-related protein variants are risk factors for hip osteoarthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2006
Lane N E, Lian K, Nevitt M C, Zmuda J M, Lui L, Li J, Wang J, Fontecha M, Umblas N, Rosenbach M, de Leon P, Corr M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of the Arg200Trp and Arg324Gly variants of FRZB with the risk and phenotype of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and serum levels of Frizzled-related protein (FRP) in a prospective cohort of elderly Caucasian women. METHODS: Radiographic hip OA status of patients was defined by the presence of severe joint space narrowing (JSN) (feature grade>or=3), a summary...
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