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Genetic markers, bone mineral density, and serum osteocalcin levels.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Aug 1999
Sowers M, Willing M, Burns T, Deschenes S, Hollis B, Crutchfield M, Jannausch M
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated five genetic markers for products that contribute to skeletal mineralization including the Sp1 polymorphism for type I collagen Ai (COLIA1), the vitamin D receptor (VDR) translation initiation site polymorphism, the promoter of the osteocalcin gene containing a C/T polymorphism, the estrogen receptor (ER) gene containing a TA repeat, and the polymorphic (AGC)n site in the androgen receptor. These...
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