Association between aspartic acid repeat polymorphism of the asporin gene and risk of knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: Studies have assessed the association between aspartic acid (D)-repeat polymorphism in the gene encoding Asporin (ASPN) and knee osteoarthritis (KOA) risk, but the results were inconclusive and contradictory. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the association between A...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Sobhan, Masoud Mehdinejad, Mohammad Hossein Jamaladini, Mahta Mazaheri, Masoud Zare-Shehneh, Hossein Neamatzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES Yayincilik 2017-10-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X1730278X