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Association of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with osteoporosis in mexican postmenopausal women.
Human biology - 1 Jun 2003
Lisker Rubén, López María A, Jasqui Salomón, Ponce De León Rosales Sergio, Correa-Rotter Ricardo, Sánchez Sergio, Mutchinick Osvaldo M
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported that Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms are associated with osteoporosis, particularly those demonstrated by the BsmI and FokI restriction enzymes. Herein we report the results of a case-control study performed in postmenopausal Mexican women. We studied 65 osteoporotic women (< or = -2.5 SD bone mineral density [BMD] of young normal females) and 57 controls (over 90% > or = -1.5 SD BMD of...
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