Current Orthopaedics Volume 22 Issue 4 2008

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Editorial Board Page i
Mini-symposium: Genetic Approaches to Disc Disease
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(i) Current understanding of low back pain and intervertebral disc degeneration: epidemiological perspectives and phenotypes for genetic studies Pages 237-244 Kenneth M.C. Cheung and Sameera Al Ghazi
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(ii) Family-based linkage and case control association studies Pages 245-250 Daniel W.H. Ho, Danny Chan, Kenneth M.C. Cheung, Pak Sham and You-Qiang Song
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(iii) Whole-genome association studies of complex diseases Pages 251-258 Pak C. Sham, Stacey S. Cherny, Patrick Y.P. Kao, You-Qiang Song, Danny Chan and Kenneth M.C. Cheung
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(iv) Genetics of disc degeneration Pages 259-266 You-Qiang Song, Pak Sham, Kenneth M.C. Cheung and Danny Chan
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(v) Molecular and cellular biology of the intervertebral disc and the use of animal models Pages 267-273 Guang-Qian Zhou, Fan Yang, Victor V.L. Leung and Kenneth M.C. Cheung

Knee
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Complications of total knee arthroplasty Pages 274-283 Alan Cheung, Seo Kiat Goh, Andrew Tang and Tay Boon Keng

Shoulder and Elbow
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Nerve injury associated with shoulder surgery Pages 284-288 Abbas Rashid, Hani Abdul-Jabar and Francis Lam

Peripheral Nerve
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Brachial plexus birth palsy Pages 289-294 Paul Jellicoe and Samuel J. Parsons

Quiz
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Radiology Quiz Pages 295-299 R.J. Robinson

Hip
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Current management of femoro-acetabular impingement Pages 300-310 M. Hossain and J.G. Andrew

CME Section
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CME questions based on the Mini-Symposium on “Genetic Approaches to Disc Disease” Pages 311-313
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Answers to CME questions based on the Mini-Symposium on Adult Elbow Problems Page 314