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Association of the calcitonin gene (CA) polymorphism with bone mass and bone responsiveness to hormone therapy in postmenopausal Korean women.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Kim Jung Gu, Choi Young Min, Moon Shin Yong, Lee Jin Yong
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between cytosine-adenine (CA) polymorphism of the calcitonin gene, serum calcitonin levels, bone mineral density (BMD) and bone responsiveness to hormone therapy (HT). DESIGN: Calcitonin (CA) polymorphism, serum calcitonin, and BMD at the lumbar spine and proximal femur were determined in 430 postmenopausal Korean women. In all, 181 women were treated with sequential HT for...
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