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Interaction between the vitamin D receptor gene and collagen type Ialpha1 gene in susceptibility for fracture.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Feb 2001
Uitterlinden A G, Weel A E, Burger H, Fang Y, van Duijn C M, Hofman A, van Leeuwen J P, Pols H A
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a common disease with a strong genetic component. Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene have been implicated in osteoporosis but explain only a small part of the genetic effect on bone mineral density (BMD) while their effect on fractures is still uncertain. Recently, a G to T polymorphism in an Sp1 site in the collagen type Ialpha1 (COLIA1) gene was found to be associated with...
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