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Association of interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms with hand osteoarthritis and hand osteoporosis.
Cytokine - 1 Sept 2014
Blumenfeld Orit, Williams Frances M K, Valdes Ana, Hart Deborah J, Malkin Ida, Spector Timothy D, Livshits Gregory
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Several genes, including IL-6 encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines, are involved in development of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. The association of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (RHOA) and osteoporosis related phenotypes (RHOP) with polymorphisms in IL-6 has been reported inconsistently. The aim of this study was to examine the association, between RHOA and RHOP and IL-6 polymorphisms in two...
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