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Polymorphism of VDR gene--the most effective molecular marker of osteoporotic bone fractures risk within postmenopausal women from Wielkopolska region of Poland.
Endokrynologia Polska - 1 Jan 2000
Horst-Sikorska Wanda, Wawrzyniak Anna, Celczyńska-Bajew Liliana, Marcinkowska Michalina, Dabrowski Sebastian, Kalak Robert, Słomski Ryszard
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The major public health problem which will arise is a frequency of osteoporosis. The first manifestations of this disease are often bone fractures. Identification and evaluation of individual bone fracture risk will be the most effective way of solving the problem. Genetic determination of osteoporosis is unquestionable. The aim of this study is to detect which variants of genotypes lead to illness. We...
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