Single Nucleotide Variants of Candidate Genes in Aggrecan Metabolic Pathway Are Associated with Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Modic Changes

• Romain Shanil Perera ,

  * E-mail: romaingl@med.cmb.ac.lk

  Affiliation Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9682-5642

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• Poruwalage Harsha Dissanayake,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

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• Upul Senarath,

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Lalith Sirimevan Wijayaratne,

  Affiliation National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Aranjan Lional Karunanayake,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka

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• Vajira Harshadeva Weerabaddana Dissanayake

  Affiliation Human Genetics Unit, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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