Type II collagen mutations in rare and common cartilage diseases.

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Type II collagen mutations in rare and common cartilage diseases.

Annals of medicine - 1 Apr 1994

Vikkula M, Metsäranta M, Ala-Kokko L

Abstract excerpt

Cartilage diseases include a wide variety of clinical phenotypes from common osteoarthrosis to several different types of chondrodysplasias, i.e. 'disorders of cartilage', of which more than 100 different have been described. Patients frequently suffer from various symptoms affecting their joints...

Topics

Animals
Cartilage
Cartilage Diseases
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
Collagen
Disease Models, Animal
Genetic Linkage
Glycine
Humans
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Mutation

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