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Genetics of osteoporosis: accelerating pace in gene identification and validation.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2010
Li Wen-Feng, Hou Shu-Xun, Yu Bin, Li Meng-Meng, Férec Claude, Chen Jian-Min
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Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mineral density and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to an increased risk of fractures. It is the most common metabolic bone disorder worldwide, affecting one in three women and one in eight men over the age of 50. In the past 15 years, a large number of genes have been reported as being associated with osteoporosis. However, only in the past 4 years we...
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