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Positive Association between TGFB1 Gene and Susceptibility to Idiopathic Scoliosis in Bulgarian Population.
Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) - 1 Jan 2018
Nikolova Svetla, Dikova Milka, Dikov Dobrin, Djerov Assen, Savov Alexey, Kremensky Ivo, Loukanov Alexandre
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a common medical condition beginning in childhood and characterized by strong evidence for a genetic susceptibility to three-dimensional spinal deformity. The primary goal of the current case-control study is to examine the association between the TGFB1 (-509C/T) functional polymorphic variant and genetic predisposition to IS in the Bulgarian population and the genotype-phenotype...
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