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Premature osteoarthritis as presenting sign of type II collagenopathy: a case report and literature review.
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Feb 2013
Husar-Memmer Emma, Ekici Arif, Al Kaissi Ali, Sticht Heinrich, Manger Bernhard, Schett Georg, Zwerina Jochen
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OBJECTIVES: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a frequent, chronic, and often disabling disease. Early-onset OA should prompt rheumatologists to search for underlying causes. We describe the clinical presentation and diagnosis of a patient with severe premature OA. METHODS: We report a patient with severe polyarticular OA starting in young adulthood due to a heterozygous mutation in the COL2A1 gene. We discuss the clinical...
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