Lumbar disk herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating pain, or sciatica, in the leg. Hereditary risk factors for disk herniations were investigated in an international study led by a University of Oulu research group, utilizing data from FinnGen, the Estonian Biobank, and the UK Biobank. The study, published in Nature Communications on 7 November, analyzed the genetic and health data of 829,699 participants.
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