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Association of collagen type 1 alpha1 gene polymorphism with bone density in early childhood.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 1999
Sainz J, Van Tornout J M, Sayre J, Kaufman F, Gilsanz V
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Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by the development of nontraumatic fractures, most commonly in the vertebrae of elderly women. Approximately 500,000 elderly women in the United States are newly diagnosed with vertebral fractures every year, as the compressive strength of the vertebra, mainly determined by the density of cancellous bone and its cross-sectional area, declines with age. A recent study in...
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