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SUBMITTER: Loughlin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3132037 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthritis research & therapy 20110419 2
Genetics highlights relationships between biological systems, and as the number of defined osteoarthritis susceptibility alleles increases, there is the natural tendency to assess whether the alleles influence other musculoskeletal phenotypes. That has proven to be the case for the GDF5 polymorphism rs143383, a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis and several other common conditions, including lumbar-disc degeneration and developmental dysplasia of the hip. Another interesting example has recentl ...[more]