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Posterior tibial tendinopathy associated with matrix metalloproteinase 13 promoter genotype and haplotype.
The journal of gene medicine - 1 Nov 2016
de Araujo Munhoz Francielle Boçon, Baroneza José Eduardo, Godoy-Santos Alexandre, Fernandes Túlio Diniz, Branco Filipe Polese, Alle Lupe Furtado, de Souza Ricardo Lehtonen, Dos Santos Maria Cristina Leme Godoy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Posterior tibial tendon (PTT) is particularly vulnerable and its insufficiency is recognized as the main cause of adult acquired flat foot. Some patients have a predisposition without a clinically recognized cause, suggesting that individual characteristics play an important role in tendinopathy. The present study investigated whether genetic variants in matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are associated...
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