The role of Collagen IX tryptophan polymorphisms in symptomatic intervertebral disc disease in Southern European patients

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1266-1270

  Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b,c,g   Linos, Athena ^d   Chatzis, Christos ^d   Sai, Yang ^a   Halla, Maria ^d   Nasioulas, Georgios ^e   Christiani, David C ^a,b,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Cambridge Health Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Collagen; Familial predisposition; Genetics; Intervertebral disc disease

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 9; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COL9A2 GENE; COL9A3 GENE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESTHESIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE IX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 2542458314     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200406010-00017     Document Type: Article

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