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The association of aggrecan gene polymorphism with the risk of intervertebral disc degeneration.
Acta neurochirurgica - 1 Jan 2011
Kim Nam Keun, Shin Dong Ah, Han In Bo, Yoo Eun Hye, Kim Sang Heum, Chung Sang Sup
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Intervertebral disc degeneration is now considered to be genetically determined in large part, with environmental factors also playing an important role. The human is known to uniquely exhibit variable numbers of tandem repeat polymorphism within the aggrecan CS1 domain. To date, the...
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