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Risk factors in familial osteoarthritis: the GARP sibling study.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Jun 2008
Riyazi N, Rosendaal F R, Slagboom E, Kroon H M, Breedveld F C, Kloppenburg M
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PURPOSE: To investigate the association between systemic and local risk factors and familial osteoarthritis (OA) at multiple sites. METHODS: Patients and their siblings had primary OA at multiple sites at middle age. OA diagnosis followed the American College of Rheumatology criteria. We recruited 345 controls (mean age 57 years (range 40-76), 64% women) by random sampling from the population by telephone and...
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