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Serum fasting cortisol in relation to bone, and the role of genetic variations in the glucocorticoid receptor.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 2007
van Schoor N M, Dennison E, Lips P, Uitterlinden A G, Cooper C
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between endogenous cortisol and bone, and the role of genetic variations in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). DESIGN AND PATIENTS: The Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam (LASA), a population-based cohort study in older men and women. MEASUREMENTS: Serum fasting cortisol was assessed by competitive immunoassay (n = 1214); bone mineral density (BMD) by dual X-ray...
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