Association of early osteoarthritis of t
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R. W. Keen; D. J. Hart; J. S. Lanchbury; T. D. Spector
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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To determine whether a polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor O R ) gene, already associated with osteoporosis, might also relate to the risk of osteoarthritis (OA). Methods. A population cohort of 351 postmenopausal women (ages 45-64 years) was studied using anteroposterior radiographs of the knee