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Associations between polymorphisms of HLA-B gene and postmenopausal osteoporosis in Chinese Han population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2014
Li S-M, Zhou D-X, Liu M-Y
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease, which is more prevalent in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis likely develops beginning with genetic risk. This study explored the relationships between polymorphisms of HLA-B gene and postmenopausal osteoporosis in a Chinese Han population. Polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method was used for DNA typing at HLA-B locus in 70 patients with...
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