Putative Susceptibility Locus on Chromosome 21q for Lumbar Disc Disease (LDD) in the Finnish Population

Iita M. Virtanen, Noora Noponen, Sandra Barral, Jaro Karppinen, Hong Li, Mirka M. Vuoristo, Jaakko Niinimäki, Jürg Ott, Leena Ala‐Kokko, Minna Männikkö

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2007 · 17 citations · 27 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Abstract

We report here on the first putative susceptibility locus for LDD in the Finnish population. The candidate region on chromosome 21q spans >5.5 cM and contains several interesting genes for further analysis.

References

27