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Genetic predisposition in degenerative lumbar scoliosis due to the copy number variation.
Spine - 1 Oct 2011
Shin Jae-Hyuk, Ha Kee-Yong, Jung Seung-Hyun, Chung Yeun-Jun
Abstract excerpt
STUDY DESIGN: Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarrays. OBJECTIVE: To identify genomic copy number variations (CNVs) in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) patients, and investigate the possibility of genetic predisposition in DLS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Genome scanning technology enables search for presence of CNVs. CGH microarray is a useful procedure in a genome-wide study. METHODS: Among 45...
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