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Replication of the association of the aspartic acid repeat polymorphism in the asporin gene with knee-osteoarthritis susceptibility in Han Chinese.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Jiang Qing, Shi Dongquan, Yi Long, Ikegawa Shiro, Wang Yong, Nakamura Takahiro, Qiao Di, Liu Cheng, Dai Jin
Abstract excerpt
A genetic association of osteoarthritis (OA) and functional polymorphisms in the aspartic acid (D) repeat of the asporin gene was reported in Japanese and European Caucasians; however, the results were controversial. Our objective was to evaluate whether the D repeat polymorphism was associated w...
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