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Correlation of vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) polymorphism with osteoporotic changes in Polish postmenopausal women.
Neuro endocrinology letters - 1 Jan 2009
Seremak-Mrozikiewicz Agnieszka, Drews Krzysztof, Mrozikiewicz Przemyslaw M, Bartkowiak-Wieczorek Joanna, Marcinkowska Michalina, Wawrzyniak Anna, Slomski Ryszard, Kalak Ryszard, Czerny Boguslaw, Horst-Sikorska Wanda
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OBJECTIVE: Recently the significance of genetic traits, influencing hormonal and environmental factors, in susceptibility to osteopenia and osteoporosis development has been indicated. Much attention to the polymorphic variants of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene was paid. The restriction polymorphisms in VDR gene could be involved in the modulation of vitamin D action and modulate the level of bone mineral density...
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