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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms in patients with nontraumatic femoral head osteonecrosis.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 Aug 2006
Koo Kyung-Hoi, Lee Jong Seok, Lee Yun Jong, Kim Ki-Jeong, Yoo Jeong Joon, Kim Hee Joong
Abstract excerpt
As endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has beneficial effects on skeletal, vascular, and thrombotic systems, the association between nontraumatic femoral head osteonecrosis (FHON) and eNOS gene polymorphisms was investigated in Korean patients with FHON. Genomic DNA from 103 patients with nontraumatic FHON (idiopathic in 50, steroid-induced in 29, and alcohol abuse in 24) and 103 control subjects matched for...
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