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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0x9Zy5f. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Context Lumbar disk disease (LDD) is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases, with a prevalence of about 5%. A tryptophan (Trp) allele (Trp2) was recently discovered in the COL9A2 gene that is associated with dominantly inherited LDD but is only present in about 4% of Finnish patients with LDD. Objective To determine if other collagen IX gene sequence variations play a role in the pathogenesis of LDD. Design and Setting Case-control study conducted from February 1997 to May 1998 at university hospitals in Finland. Participants A total of 171 individuals with LDD (evaluated clinically and by magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography) and 321 controls without LDD (186 healthy individuals, 83 patients with primary osteoarthritis, 31 with rheumatoid arthritis, and 21 with chondrodysplasias). Main Outcome Measures Frequencies of sequence variations covering the entire coding sequences and exon boundaries of the collagen IX genes, COL9A1, COL9A2, and COL9A3, which code for the alpha1, alpha2, and a3 chains of the protein, detected by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and confirmed by sequencing, compared between individuals with and without LDD. Results Mutation analysis of all 3 collagen IX genes resulted in identification of an Arg103-Trp (arginine->tryptophan) substitution in the a3 chain (Trp3 allele). The frequency of the Trp3 allele was 12. (...)
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