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Female-Specific Susceptibility Locus in BOC and SEC16B are Associated with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Spine - 15 Nov 2021
Dai Zhicheng, Wang Yuwen, Wu Zhichong, Feng Zhenhua, Sun Xu, Qiu Yong, Cheng Jack Chun-Yiu, Xu Leilei, Zhu Zezhang
Abstract excerpt
STUDY DESIGN: A genetic case-control study. OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether the variants in BOC, SEC16B, and SH2D1B are sex-specifically and functionally associated with the susceptibility of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in Chinese Han population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: A recent genome-wide association study identified three female-specific susceptibility loci of AIS in Japanese population....
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