Association of a functional microsatellite within intron 1 of the <it>BMP5 </it>gene with susceptibility to osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Chapman Kay (Author), Mustafa Zehra (Author), Southam Lorraine (Author), Wilkins James M (Author), Loughlin John (Author)
• 格式: 图书
• 出版: BMC, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主题: article
• 在线阅读: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In a previous study carried out by our group, the genotyping of 36 microsatellite markers from within a narrow interval of chromosome 6p12.3-q13 generated evidence for linkage and for association to female hip osteoarthritis (OA), wi...