Joint Stiffness Is Heritable and Associated with Fibrotic Conditions and Joint Replacement

• Frances M. Williams ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frances M. Williams, Nicholas S. Kalson

  Affiliation Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London United Kingdom

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• Nicholas S. Kalson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Frances M. Williams, Nicholas S. Kalson

  * E-mail: nickkalson@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, The Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcasltle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Stella M. Fabiane,

  Affiliation Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London United Kingdom

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• Derek A. Mann,

  Affiliation Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcasltle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• David J. Deehan

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, The Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcasltle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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