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Association of gene polymorphisms with intervertebral disc degeneration and vertebral osteophyte formation.
Spine - 20 May 2007
Sakai Yoshihito, Matsuyama Yukihiro, Hasegawa Yukiharu, Yoshihara Hisatake, Nakamura Hiroshi, Katayama Yoshito, Imagama Shiro, Ito Zenya, Ishiguro Naoki, Hamajima Nobuyuki
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STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort study of elderly people. OBJECTIVES: To examine the factors influencing osteophyte formation without lumbar disc degeneration and to estimate the implications of osteophytes from the viewpoint of low back pain and gene polymorphisms. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA...
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