supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant number:81372937]
Kaschin-Beck disease (KBD) is an endemic and chronic osteoarthropathy characterized by pathological aspects including chondrocyte degeneration, necrosis, progressive loss of articular cartilage, and secondary degenera...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China[No.81273007;No.81620108026]
The purpose of this study was to explore whether genomic polymorphisms in the alpha 1(XI)collagen gene(COL11A1)were associated with the risk and severity of Kashin-Beck disease(KBD).