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Effects of vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms on the changes in lumbar bone mineral density with multiple pregnancies in Japanese women.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2004
Matsushita H, Kurabayashi T, Tomita M, Tanaka K
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BACKGROUND: Our aims were to follow the longitudinal changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) with multiple pregnancies, and to study whether polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and estrogen receptor (ER) genes may influence the results. METHODS: We repeatedly measured the BMD of the lumbar spine (L2-L4) of 133 women who had undergone two successive pregnancies and 73 non-pregnant controls,...
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