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Association Between IL-6 and MMP3 Common Genetic Polymorphisms and Idiopathic Scoliosis in Bulgarian Patients: A Case-control Study.
Spine - 1 May 2016
Nikolova Svetla Todorova, Yablanski Vasil Tsankov, Vlaev Evgeni Nedev, Stokov Luben Dimitrov, Savov Alexey Slavkov, Kremensky Ivo Marinov, Loukanov Alexandre Roumenov
Abstract excerpt
STUDY DESIGN: A case-control study was performed on 105 patients with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) and 210 unrelated gender-matched controls from Bulgarian population. OBJECTIVE: Investigation of the association between common genetic polymorphisms of IL-6 and MMP3 genes and the etiology and progression of IS among Bulgarian patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The IL-6 and MMP3 genes have been considered as...
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