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Genetic Determinants of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in African Americans.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 2017
Liu Youfang, Yau Michelle S, Yerges-Armstrong Laura M, Duggan David J, Renner Jordan B, Hochberg Marc C, Mitchell Braxton D, Jackson Rebecca D, Jordan Joanne M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The etiology of knee osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, is complex and may differ by race or ethnicity. In recent years, genetic studies have identified many genetic variants associated with OA, but nearly all the studies were conducted in European whites and Asian Americans. Few studies have focused on the genetics of knee OA in African Americans. METHODS: We performed a...
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