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Collagen type Ialpha1 and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and bone mass in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2001
Parés A, Guañabens N, Alvarez L, De Osaba M J, Oriola J, Pons F, Caballería L, Monegal A, Salvador G, Jo J, Peris P, Rivera F, Ballesta A M, Rodés J
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The potential influence of two gene polymorphisms, vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) and the gene encoding collagen type Ialpha1 (COLIA1) Sp1 polymorphisms, in the reduced bone mass observed in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) was assessed in 61 women with PBC (age, 54.1 +/- 1.1 years) b...
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