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Vitamin-D receptor genotype does not predict bone mineral density, bone turnover, and growth in prepubertal children.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 1999
Baroncelli G I, Federico G, Bertelloni S, Ceccarelli C, Cupelli D, Saggese G
Abstract excerpt
We examined whether the polymorphism for BsmI restriction enzyme in the vitamin-D receptor (VDR) gene influenced radial (distal third) and lumbar (L2-L4) bone mineral density (BMD), phospho-calcium metabolism (calcium, phosphate, intact parathyroid hormone, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D), biochemical markers of bone formation (osteocalcin and carboxy-terminal propeptide of type-I procollagen)...
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