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The relationship of estrogen receptor-alpha and -beta genes with osteoarthritis of the hand.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 2009
Wise Barton L, Demissie Serkalem, Cupples L Adrienne, Felson David T, Yang Mei, Shearman Amanda M, Aliabadi Piran, Hunter David J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined reported associations between radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in 2 candidate genes associated with OA in other joints: estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) and beta (ESR2). METHODS: In 539 Framingham Offspring Study participants (49% men; mean age 61 +/- 9 yrs) joint-specific radiographic hand OA was defined as Kellgren/Lawrence (K/L) scores >or= 2...
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