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Association of gene variants in TLR4 and IL-6 genes with Perthes disease.
Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo - 1 Jan 2000
Srzentić Sanja, Spasovski Vesna, Spasovski Dusko, Zivković Zorica, Matanović Dragana, Bascarević Zoran, Supić Zorica Terzić, Stojiljković Maja, Karan-Djurasević Teodora, Stanković Biljana, Pavlović Sonja, Nikcević Gordana, Vukasinović Zoran
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Perthes disease is idiopathic avascular osteonecrosis of the hip in children, with unknown etiology. Inflammation is present during development of Perthes disease and it is known that this process influences bone remodeling. OBJECTIVE: Since genetic studies related to inflammation have not been performed in Perthes disease so far, the aim of this study was to analyze the association of frequencies...
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