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Association of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism and fracture risk in Chinese postmenopausal women.
Bone - 1 Mar 2007
Hong Xiumei, Hsu Yi-Hsiang, Terwedow Henry, Tang Genfu, Liu Xue, Jiang Shanqun, Xu Xin, Xu Xiping
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporotic fractures are a leading cause of disability and, indirectly, of death in the elderly population. Previous studies have shown that homocysteine level and the C677T polymorphism in the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) may be involved in the development of osteoporosis and its related fracture in European populations. The aim of this study was to verify the association of this...
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