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Association of polymorphisms of the osteoprotegerin gene with bone mineral density in Japanese women but not men.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Nov 2003
Yamada Yoshiji, Ando Fujiko, Niino Naoakira, Shimokata Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Given that osteoprotegerin plays an important role in bone remodeling, the osteoprotegerin gene may be a candidate locus for susceptibility to osteoporosis. The relation of polymorphisms in the promoter of the osteoprotegerin gene to bone mineral density (BMD) was examined in a Japanese populatio...
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