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GDF5 single-nucleotide polymorphism rs143383 is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in Northern European women.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 2011
Williams F M K, Popham M, Hart D J, de Schepper E, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Hofman A, Uitterlinden A G, Arden N K, Cooper C, Spector T D, Valdes A M, van Meurs J
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OBJECTIVE: Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is a serious social and medical problem which has been shown to be highly heritable. It has similarities with peripheral joint osteoarthritis (OA) in terms of both epidemiology and pathologic processes. A few known genetic variants have been identified using a candidate gene approach, but many more are thought to exist. GDF5 is a gene whose variants have been shown to...
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