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How Reliable Are the Reported Genetic Associations in Disc Degeneration?: The Influence of Phenotypes, Age, Population Size, and Inclusion Sequence in 809 Patients.
Spine - 1 Nov 2016
Rajasekaran S, Kanna Rishi Mugesh, Reddy Ranjani Raja, Natesan Senthil, Raveendran Muthuraja, Cheung Kenneth M C, Chan Danny, Kao Patrick Y P, Yee Anita, Shetty Ajoy Prasad
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STUDY DESIGN: Prospective genetic association study. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to document the variations in the genetic associations, when different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phenotypes, age stratification, cohort size, and sequence of cohort inclusion are varied in the same study population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Genetic associations with disc degeneration have shown high inconsistency,...
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