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[Association of polymorphism TaqI of vitamin de receptor with bone mineral density in young Mexican women].
Nutricion hospitalaria - 1 Jan 2000
Jiménez-Salas Z, Hernández-Tobías E A, Ramírez-López T E, Campos-Góngora E
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INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD). Osteoporosis and the occurrence of fractures in postmenopausal women have been associated to the TaqI polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association of the different genotypes of TaqI polymorphism of the VDR gene with BMD in young Mexican women. METHODS: Dual X-ray...
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