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Evidence of association of vitamin D receptor Apa I gene polymorphism with bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Oct 2009
Dundar Umit, Solak Mustafa, Kavuncu Vural, Ozdemir Mujgan, Cakir Tuncay, Yildiz Handan, Evcik Deniz
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) was the first candidate gene to be studied in relation to osteoporosis, and most attention has focused on polymorphisms situated near the 3' flank of VDR. The aim of this study was to investigate the association about VDR gene Apa I polymorphism with bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. We studied a total of 136 postmenopausal women with a mean age of...
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