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Estrogen-related genes and postmenopausal osteoporosis risk.
Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society - 1 Dec 2012
Mendoza N, Quereda F, Presa J, Salamanca A, Sánchez-Borrego R, Vázquez F, Martínez Astorquiza T
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BACKGROUND: To date, more than 150 candidate genes related to osteoporosis have been described, but osteoporosis has increasingly been considered a polygenic disease modulated by environmental factors. It is thought that osteoporosis predisposition, pathology, and treatment response depend on the interaction between different genes or between genes and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was...
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