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Association of the CT gene (CA) polymorphism with BMD in osteoporotic Mexican women.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2006
Magaña J J, Gómez R, Cisneros B, Casas L, Castorena F, Miranda A, Diez P, Castro C, Rubio J, Valdés M
Abstract excerpt
Calcitonin (CT) plays a role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and genetic variations in or adjacent to the CT gene may be associated with loss of bone mineral density (BMD). The correlation between a dinucleotide (cytosine-adenine) repeat polymorphism at the CT locus and BMD was examined in 70...
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