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SUBMITTER: Huetink K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4854216 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huétink Kasper K van der Voort Paul P Bloem Johan L JL Nelissen Rob G H H RG Meulenbelt Ingrid I
Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders 20160428
This study examined the contribution of the osteoarthritis (OA) susceptibility genes ASPN, GDF5, DIO2, and the 7q22 region to the development of radiographic knee OA in patients with a mean age of 40.6 ± 7.9 years (standard deviation) and who suffered from nonacute knee complaints a decade earlier. Dose-response associations of four single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) in the susceptibility genes were determined by comparing 36 patients who showed the development of OA on radiographs (Kellgren ...[more]