The genetics of osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis is highly influenced by genetic factors. Bone mineral density (BMD) has also been shown to be highly heritable, as are other risk factors for osteoporotic fracture such as bone quality, femoral neck geometry and bone turnover. Susceptibility to osteoporosis is mediated, in all likelihood, by multiple genes each having small effect and a number of different approaches are being employed to identify...

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