Identification of a susceptibility locus for severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis on chromosome 17q24.3.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common spinal deformity, affecting around 2% of adolescents worldwide. Genetic factors play an important role in its etiology. Using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), we recently identified novel AIS susceptibility loci on chromosomes 10q24.31...

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Main Authors: Atsushi Miyake, Ikuyo Kou, Yohei Takahashi, Todd A Johnson, Yoji Ogura, Jin Dai, Xusheng Qiu, Atsushi Takahashi, Hua Jiang, Huang Yan, Katsuki Kono, Noriaki Kawakami, Koki Uno, Manabu Ito, Shohei Minami, Haruhisa Yanagida, Hiroshi Taneichi, Naoya Hosono, Taichi Tsuji, Teppei Suzuki, Hideki Sudo, Toshiaki Kotani, Ikuho Yonezawa, Michiaki Kubo, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Kota Watanabe, Kazuhiro Chiba, Yoshiaki Toyama, Yong Qiu, Morio Matsumoto, Shiro Ikegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24023777/?tool=EBI