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Hip geometry variation is associated with bone mineralization pathway gene variants: The Framingham Study.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jul 2010
Cheung Ching-Lung, Livshits Gregory, Zhou Yanhua, Meigs James B, McAteer Jarred B, Florez Jose C, Cupples L Adrienne, Demissie Serkalem, Kiel Douglas P, Karasik David
Abstract excerpt
Mineralization of bone matrix is an important process in bone formation; thus defects in mineralization have been implicated in bone mineral density (BMD) and bone structure alterations. Three central regulators of phosphate balance, ALPL, ANKH, and ENPP1, are central in the matrix mineralization process; therefore, the genes encoding them are considered important candidates genes for BMD and bone geometry. To...
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