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The heritability of doctor-diagnosed traumatic and degenerative meniscus tears.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Jul 2021
Magnusson K, Turkiewicz A, Snoeker B, Hughes V, Englund M
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the genetic contribution to traumatic and degenerative meniscus tears for men and women across the lifespan. METHODS: We linked the Swedish Twin Register with individual-level national healthcare data to form a 30-year, population-wide, longitudinal twin cohort. To study genetic contribution to meniscus tears, we estimated the heritability and familial risk using incident traumatic and...
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