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[The implementation of personalized treatment for osteoporosis].
Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics - 1 Nov 2008
Mori Seijiro, Chiba Yuko, Yamamoto Seizo, Hosoi Takayuki, Horiuchi Toshiyuki, Kamimiya Fumi, Tamura Yoshiaki, Araki Atsushi, Ito Hideki
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To establish personalized treatment of osteoporosis. METHODS: A T869-->C polymorphism in exon 1 of the transforming growth factor-beta1 gene, which results in a Leu-->Pro substitution at amino acid 10, is reported to be associated with the rate of bone loss as well as the response to active vitamin D treatment. Therefore, we determined this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) to estimate the need of active...
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