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AKAGAWA HIROYUKI
Department Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities Position Associate Professor |
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| Article types | Original article |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | COL6A1, the candidate gene for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, is associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Japanese. |
| Journal | Formal name：Spine Abbreviation：Spine (Phila Pa 1976) ISSN code：(1528-1159)0362-2436(Linking) |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 30(20),pp.2321-2324 |
| Author and coauthor | Tsukahara So, Miyazawa Nobuhiko, Akagawa Hiroyuki, Forejtova Sarka, Pavelka Karel, Tanaka Toshihiro, Toh Satoshi, Tajima Atsushi, Akiyama Iwao, Inoue Ituro |
| Publication date | 2005/10 |
| Summary | Because COL6A1 could be a susceptibility to the occurrence of DISH and OPLL in the Japanese population, we consider that COL6A1 could be responsible for the hyperostotic state, leading to ectopic bone formation in the spinal ligament. |
| PMID | 16227896 |