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A Case-control Study of Major Genetic Predisposition Risk Alleles in Developing DDD in the Northeast US Population: Effects of Gene-gene Interactions.
Spine - 15 Nov 2021
Valtchinov Vladimir I, Zhai Bingxue K, Hida Tomoyuki, Lacson Ronilda, Raja Ali, Hatabu Hiroro, Khorasani Ramin
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STUDY DESIGN: A case-control study of risk alleles for degenerative disc disease (DDD) using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for phenotyping. OBJECTIVE: We aim to provide the first statistically adequately powered study of the relationship between the presence of common risk alleles and occurrence of DDD in Eastern US population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Many genetic predisposing factors have been identified...
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