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[Preliminary studies on the relationship between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and osteoporosis in Chinese women].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Feb 1998
Zhang H, Tao G, Wu Q
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The relationship between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism and osteoporosis were studied. The polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to detect VDR genotype in 162 healthy postmenopausal women and 17 patients with osteoporosis. The genotype frequencies of VDR were calculated later with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium formula. The results showed that in controls, the bb, Bb,...
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