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Transmission disequilibrium test for hand bone mineral density and 11q12-13 chromosomal segment.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Jan 2002
Livshits G, Trofimov S, Malkin I, Kobyliansky E
Abstract excerpt
The main aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that the bone mineral density (BMD) assessed from radiographs of the hand phalanges in a random sample of ethnically homogeneous pedigrees is linked to the 11q12-13 chromosomal segment. The data for the study were gathered from 574 Chuvasha individuals belonging to two- and three-generation pedigrees who live in small villages in the Bashkortostan...
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