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Significant association of SREBP-2 genetic polymorphisms with avascular necrosis in the Korean population

BACKGROUND: It is known that steroid usage and alcohol abuse are major etiological factors in the development of avascular necrosis (AVN), a bone disease that produces osteonecrosis of the femoral head. The facilitation of fat biosynthesis by steroids and alcohol disrupts the blood supply into the f...

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Autores principales: Kim, Tae-Ho, Baek, Jeong-In, Hong, Jung Min, Choi, Su-Jin, Lee, Hye-Jin, Cho, Hyun-Ju, Park, Eui Kyun, Kim, Un-Kyung, Kim, Shin-Yoon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18954446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-9-94