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Haplotypes of promoter and intron 1 polymorphisms in the COLIA1 gene are associated with increased risk of osteoporosis.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Feb 2009
Husted L B, Harsløf T, Gonzalez-Bofill N, Schmitz A, Carstens M, Stenkjaer L, Langdahl B L
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a common age-related disease with a strong genetic influence. COLIA1 is one of the most extensively studied candidate genes and has consistently been associated with BMD and fracture. We examined the effects of the polymorphisms -1997G>T, -1663indelT, and +1245G>T and their haplotypes on vertebral fractures and bone mineral density (BMD) in a case-control study comprising 462 osteoporotic patients...
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