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Relation of the estrogen receptor and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with bone mineral density in postmenopausal Mexican-mestizo women.
Gene - 1 Mar 2014
Rojano-Mejía David, Coral-Vázquez Ramón Mauricio, Coronel Agustín, Cortes-Espinosa Leticia, del Carmen Aguirre-García María, Valencia-Villalvazo Elith Yazmin, Canto Patricia
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BACKGROUND: Since osteoporosis is a complex disease characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD), which is determined by an interaction of genetics with metabolic and environmental factors, the aim of this study was to analyze the possible association among one polymorphism of VDR and two polymorphisms of ESR1; as well as their haplotypes with BMD in postmenopausal Mexican-mestizo women. METHODS: We studied...
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