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Prediction model for knee osteoarthritis based on genetic and clinical information.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2010
Takahashi Hiroshi, Nakajima Masahiro, Ozaki Kouichi, Tanaka Toshihiro, Kamatani Naoyuki, Ikegawa Shiro
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INTRODUCTION: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common bone and joint disease influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Recent association studies have uncovered the genetic factors behind OA, its susceptibility genes, which would enable us to predict disease occurrence based on genotype information. However, most previous studies have evaluated the effects of only a single susceptibility gene, and hence...
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