Mseleni joint disease--a molecular genetic approach to defining the aetiology.

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Mseleni joint disease--a molecular genetic approach to defining the aetiology.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde - 1 Aug 1996

Ballo R, Viljoen D, Machado M, Keene D, Horton W, Fredlund V, Jacobs M, Martell R, Beighton P, Ramesar R

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Mseleni joint disease (MJD) is an unusual form of progressive and widespread degenerative osteoarthropathy that has been identified in several hundred people in the remote Mseleni region of northern Zululand. Affected individuals experience articular discomfort in childhood and may be seriously h...

Topics

Black People
Cartilage
Cluster Analysis
Collagen
Female
Femur Head
Genotype
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Humans
Joint Diseases
Male
Pedigree
South Africa

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PMID: 8823421

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