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Association of CTR and COLIA1 alleles with BMD values in peri- and postmenopausal women.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Nov 2000
Braga V, Mottes M, Mirandola S, Lisi V, Malerba G, Sartori L, Bianchi G, Gatti D, Rossini M, Bianchini D, Adami S
Abstract excerpt
The variability of bone mass and bone strength is in part genetically determined. The pathophysiology of the disease is complex and its heritability is almost certainly polygenic. In a large group of women from north eastern Italy, homogeneous for calcium intake and other risk factors for osteoporosis, we investigated three different genetic polymorphic markers that have been associated with bone mineral density...
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