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Polymorphisms in the Growth Differentiation Factor 5 (GDF 5) Gene in Knee Osteoarthritis.
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP - 1 Oct 2017
Ozcan Seda Sabah, Korkmaz Murat, Balbaloglu Ozlem, Percin Ferda, Yilmaz Neziha, Erdogan Yalcin, Gunaydin Ilhan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify the frequency of the rs143383 SNPin the GDF5 gene, which is located in the 5'-untranslated region of Turkish population with knee osteoarthritis (OA). STUDY DESIGN: Acase-control study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bozok University Medical Faculty, Yozgat, Turkey, from 2012 to 2014. METHODOLOGY: Patients diagnosed with OA(n=94) and patients who did...
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