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Contribution of the collagen I alpha1 and vitamin D receptor genes to the risk of hip fracture in elderly women.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2005
Nguyen Tuan V, Esteban Luis M, White Christopher P, Grant Struan F, Center Jacqueline R, Gardiner Edith M, Eisman John A
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Hip fracture is partially genetically determined. The present study was designed to examine the contributions of vitamin D receptor (VDR) and collagen I alpha1 (COLIA1) genotypes to the liability to hip fracture in postmenopausal women. DESIGN: The study was designed as a prospective population-based cohort investigation. SUBJECTS: Six hundred seventy-seven postmenopausal women of Caucasian...
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