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A bivariate genome-wide association study identifies ADAM12 as a novel susceptibility gene for Kashin-Beck disease.
Scientific reports - 22 Aug 2016
Hao Jingcan, Wang Wenyu, Wen Yan, Xiao Xiao, He Awen, Guo Xiong, Yang Tielin, Liu Xiaogang, Shen Hui, Chen Xiangding, Tian Qing, Deng Hong-Wen, Zhang Feng
Abstract excerpt
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic osteoarthropathy, which manifests as joint deformities and growth retardation. Only a few genetic studies of growth retardation associated with the KBD have been carried out by now. In this study, we conducted a two-stage bivariate genome-wide association study (BGWAS) of the KBD using joint deformities and body height as study phenotypes, totally involving 2,417 study...
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