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. 2012 Sep 1;380(9844):785-7.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60818-6. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

Osteoarthritis susceptibility genes continue trickling in

Marc C Hochberg  1 , Laura Yerges-Armstrong, Braxton D Mitchell
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Osteoarthritis susceptibility genes continue trickling in

Marc C Hochberg et al. Lancet. .
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MCH is a member of the scientific advisory board of TREAT-OA Consortium; the other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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  • Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): a genome-wide association study.
    arcOGEN Consortium; arcOGEN Collaborators; Zeggini E, Panoutsopoulou K, Southam L, Rayner NW, Day-Williams AG, Lopes MC, Boraska V, Esko T, Evangelou E, Hoffman A, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, Ingvarsson T, Jonsdottir I, Jonnson H, Kerkhof HJ, Kloppenburg M, Bos SD, Mangino M, Metrustry S, Slagboom PE, Thorleifsson G, Raine EV, Ratnayake M, Ricketts M, Beazley C, Blackburn H, Bumpstead S, Elliott KS, Hunt SE, Potter SC, Shin SY, Yadav VK, Zhai G, Sherburn K, Dixon K, Arden E, Aslam N, Battley PK, Carluke I, Doherty S, Gordon A, Joseph J, Keen R, Koller NC, Mitchell S, O'Neill F, Paling E, Reed MR, Rivadeneira F, Swift D, Walker K, Watkins B, Wheeler M, Birrell F, Ioannidis JP, Meulenbelt I, Metspalu A, Rai A, Salter D, Stefansson K, Stykarsdottir U, Uitterlinden AG, van Meurs JB, Chapman K, Deloukas P, Ollier WE, Wallis GA, Arden N, Carr A, Doherty M, McCaskie A, Willkinson JM, Ralston SH, Valdes AM, Spector TD, Loughlin J. arcOGEN Consortium, et al. Lancet. 2012 Sep 1;380(9844):815-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60681-3. Epub 2012 Jul 3. Lancet. 2012. PMID: 22763110 Free PMC article.

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