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Analysis of the causal association between systemic lupus erythematosus and osteonecrosis: A bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian randomization study.
Medicine - 7 Nov 2025
Zhang Leilei, Zhu Xuanye, Ling Haonan, Duan Ruimeng, Zhang Ying, Zhu Yingjie, Liu Youwen, Chen Xiantao
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Previous studies have indicated that multisite osteonecrosis (ON), particularly femoral head necrosis, is a common and serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the pathogenesis of ON in patients with SLE is unclear and existence of a causal relationship between SLE and ON remains uncertain. Therefore, using summary-level data from large-scale genome-wide association studies of European...
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