Article
Genetic predictors of skeletal outcomes in healthy fertile women: the Bonturno study.
Joint bone spine - 1 Jul 2013
Massart Francesco, Marini Francesca, Bianchi Gerolamo, Minisola Salvatore, Luisetto Giovanni, Pirazzoli Antonella, Salvi Sara, Micheli Dino, Miccoli Mario, Baggiani Angelo, Giusti Francesca, Brandi Maria Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Skeletal traits as height (Ht) or bone mineral density (BMD) are strongly inherited. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) and farnesyl diphosphonate synthase (FDPS) are candidate genes for bone phenotypes. From Bonturno study, we genotyped 570 healthy Caucasian women aged 20 to 50 years (yrs) for LRP5 rs4988321 (A/G) and rs3736228 (C/T) and FDPS rs2297480 (A/C) single nucleotide...
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