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Association between an insulin-like growth factor I gene promoter polymorphism and bone mineral density in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2003
Rivadeneira Fernando, Houwing-Duistermaat Jeanine J, Vaessen Norbert, Vergeer-Drop Jeannette M, Hofman Albert, Pols Huibert A P, Van Duijn Cornelia M, Uitterlinden André G
Abstract excerpt
Studies of the roles of variants of the IGF-I gene in the regulation of bone mineral density (BMD) have yielded conflicting results. We examined the role of a microsatellite repeat polymorphism in one of the promoter regions of the IGF-I gene in relation to femoral BMD in elderly women and men fr...
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