Association between the expression of aggrecan and the distribution of aggrecan gene variable number of tandem repeats with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation in Chinese Han of Northern China

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Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1371-1376

  Cong, Lin ^a   Pang, Hao ^a   Xuan, Dwight ^b   Tu, Guan Jun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USU   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Aggrecan gene; Proteoglycans; Symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CHINESE HAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRECANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT;

EID: 77954032364     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c4e022     Document Type: Article

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