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Type IX collagen neo-deposition in degenerative discs of surgical patients whether genotyped plus or minus for COL9 risk alleles.
Spine - 15 Nov 2011
Zhu Yong, Wu Jiann-Jiu, Weis Mary Ann, Mirza Sohail K, Eyre David R
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STUDY DESIGN: Immunohistochemical analysis of type IX collagen in disc tissue from spinal fusion patients. OBJECTIVE: To determine if collagen IX can be detected in adult disc tissue removed at spinal fusion surgery from patients either with or without degeneration-associated tryptophan single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and whether the distribution is associated either with severity of degeneration or...
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