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Aspartic acid repeat polymorphism of the asporin gene with susceptibility to osteoarthritis of the knee in a Korean population.
The Knee - 1 Jun 2008
Song Jae Hwi, Lee Hwa Sung, Kim Chang Jae, Cho Yong Gu, Park Yong Gyu, Nam Suk Woo, Lee Jung Young, Park Won Sang
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease that is characterized by the degeneration of joint cartilage in the knee, hip and hand. Recently, it has been reported that susceptibility to OA is affected by the number of aspartic acid (D) residues in the amino-terminal of the asporin protein. In order to investigate whether the association found in Japanese OA is also present in the Korean population, the frequency of...
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