DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND GENETIC
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 2015, Vol 26, Issue 1
Abstract
Although development of the intervertebral disc disease is a multifactorial condition, recent studies associated with genes playing a role in disc dejeneration revealed that the importance of the genetic factors in the development of disc disease. Our purpose of this study is to review current knowledge on genes associated with intervertebral disc degeneration.
Authors and Affiliations
Ramazan KAHVECI, Hüseyin ÖZEVREN, Ergün KARAVELIOĞLU
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