An association between an aggrecan polymorphic allele and bilateral hand osteoarthritis in elderly white men: data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage - Tập 6 - Trang 245-251 - 1998
Walter E. Horton Jr1, M. Lethbridge-Çejku1, Marc C. Hochberg2,3, Richard Balakir1, Patricia Precht1, Chris C. Plato4, Jordan D. Tobin4, L. Meek5, Kurt Doege5
1Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Gerontology Research Center, NIA, NIH, U.S.A.
2Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, U.S.A.
3Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center (GRECC) & Geriatrics Service, VA Maryland Health Care System at Baltimore, U.S.A.
4Applied Physiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, Gerontology Research Center, NIA, NIH, U.S.A.
5Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.