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The association of bone mineral density with estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Sept 2006
Greendale Gail A, Chu Jian, Ferrell Robert, Randolph John F, Johnston Janet M, Sowers MaryFran R
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants of the estrogen receptor genes ESR1 and ESR2 and bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine (LS-BMD) or total hip (hip BMD) in women of 4 races/ethnicities who were premenopausal or in early perimenopause. The sample consisted of 1,301 participants from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) with...
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