Aggrecan core protein of a certain length is protective against hand osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1075-1080

  Kamarainen O P ^a   Solovieva, S ^b   Vehmas, T ^b   Luoma, K ^c   Leino Arjas, P ^b   Riihimaki H ^b   Ala Kokko, L ^a   Mannikko M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Association; Osteoarthritis; VNTR

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; CORE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGGRECANS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33748197345     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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