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Genetic Association Studies in Lumbar Disc Degeneration: A Systematic Review.

  • Pasi J Eskola
  • , Susanna Lemmelä
  • , Per Kjaer
  • , Svetlana Solovieva
  • , M Mannikko
  • , Niels Tommerup
  • , Allan Lind-Thomsen
  • , Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
  • , Kenneth M C Cheung
  • , Danny Chan
  • , Dino Samartzis
  • , Jaro Karppinen
  • Oulu Center for Cell - Matrix Research, Biocenter and Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
  • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
  • University of Southern Denmark
  • Rygcenter Syddanmark, Sygehus Lillebælt, Middelfart
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Hong Kong
  • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland.

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Abstract

Low back pain is associated with lumbar disc degeneration, which is mainly due to genetic predisposition. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review to evaluate genetic association studies in lumbar disc degeneration as defined on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in humans.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPLoS ONE
ISSN1932-6203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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