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Field synopsis and meta-analyses of genetic epidemiological evidence for Kashin-Beck disease, an endemic osteoarthropathy in China.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Oct 2016
Yang Lei, Zhao Guang-Hui, Liu Huan, Wang Xi, Guo Xiong, Lammi Mikko J
Abstract excerpt
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic degenerative osteoarthropathy with unclear etiology. To provide current evidence supporting a genetic predisposition for KBD, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published literature on the genetic epidemiology of KBD. The PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wan Fang Data were searched up to August 2015 for articles published in English and...
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