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Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2008
Smith Eric P, Specker Bonny, Bachrach Bert E, Kimbro K S, Li X J, Young Marian F, Fedarko Neal S, Abuzzahab M J, Frank Graeme R, Cohen Robert M, Lubahn Dennis B, Korach Kenneth S
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CONTEXT: The kindred described is the only known instance of a germ line loss of function mutation of estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess the impact of a loss of function mutation in the ER-alpha gene on histomorphometry, bone volumetric density, bone geometry and...
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