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Calcaneal ultrasound attenuation and vitamin-D-receptor genotypes in celiac disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2000
Vogelsang H, Suk E K, Janisiw M, Stain C, Mayr W R, Panzer S
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BACKGROUND: Osteopenia is common in patients with celiac disease and is believed to result from malnutrition. Osteoporosis in otherwise healthy individuals is related to genetically determined polymorphisms within the vitamin-D-receptor (VDR) gene. We hypothesized that in celiac patients particular genes of the VDR enhance the susceptibility for malnutrition-associated low-bone density. METHODS: We determined...
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