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Associations between OPG and RANKL polymorphisms, vertebral fractures, and abdominal aortic calcification in community-dwelling older subjects: the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH).
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Nov 2016
Pereira R M R, Figueiredo C P, Cha C C, Caparbo V F, Oliveira R M, Franco A S, Menezes P R, de Castro I, Onuchic L F
Abstract excerpt
This is the first study analyzing concomitantly osteoprotegerin (OPG)/receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL) polymorphisms and OPG/RANKL serum levels and their association with bone mineral density (BMD), vertebral fractures, and vascular aortic calcification in a cohort of 800 subjects in community-dwelling older individuals. INTRODUCTION: Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and RANKL play an important...
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