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Association of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism with response to conservative treatment of lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus.
Spine - 15 Jul 2010
Kim Dong-Hwan, Lee Sang-Hun, Kim Ki-Tack, Yu Seung-Don
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STUDY DESIGN: A case-control study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between gene polymorphism in interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) and response to conservative treatment of lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: There had been several studies on IL1RN polymorphism related with incidence of disc degeneration or back pain but, there had been no report on clinical...
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