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A follow-up linkage study for bone size variation in an extended sample.
Bone - 1 Sept 2004
Xu Fu-Hua, Liu Yong-Jun, Deng Hongyi, Huang Qing-Yang, Zhao Lan-Juan, Shen Hui, Liu Yao-Zhong, Dvornyk Volodymyr, Conway Theresa, Li Jin-Long, Davies K Michael, Recker Robert R, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
Bone size, which has strong genetic determination, is an important determinant of bone strength and a risk factor of osteoporotic fractures. We previously reported an approximately 10-cm genome-wide linkage scan in 630 subjects from 53 US Caucasian pedigrees. The strongest evidence of linkage was obtained on chromosome 17q22 near the marker D17S787, with a two-point LOD score of 3.98 and a multipoint maximum LOD...
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