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New Evidence Supporting the Role of FBN1 in the Development of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Spine - 15 Feb 2019
Sheng Fei, Xia Chao, Xu Leilei, Qin Xiaodong, Tang Nelson Leung-Sang, Qiu Yong, Cheng Jack Chun-Yiu, Zhu Zezhang
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STUDY DESIGN: A genetic association study. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether common variants of fibrillin-1 (FBN1) and fibrillin-2 (FBN2) are associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), and to further investigate to further investigate the functional role of FBN1 in the onset and progression of AIS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Previous studies have identified several rare variants in FBN1 and FBN2 that...
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