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Association of the aspartic acid-repeat polymorphism in the asporin gene with age at onset of knee osteoarthritis in Han Chinese population.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Shi Dongquan, Nakamura Takahiro, Dai Jin, Yi Long, Qin Jianghui, Chen Dongyang, Xu Zhihong, Wang Yong, Ikegawa Shiro, Jiang Qing
Abstract excerpt
Recent genetic studies for osteoarthritis (OA) have been focused on ASPN, the gene encoding asporin, where aspartic acid (D)-repeat polymorphisms are associated with OA in several ethnic groups. The purpose of the present study is to further examine the association of the D-repeat polymorphism in a Han Chinese population. The D-repeat polymorphism was genotyped in 354 knee OA patients (257 women and 97 men) who...
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