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Genome-wide association study in East Asians suggests UHMK1 as a novel bone mineral density susceptibility gene.
Bone - 1 Oct 2016
Choi Hyung Jin, Park Hyojung, Zhang Lei, Kim Jung Hee, Kim Ye An, Yang Jae-Yeon, Pei Yu-Fang, Tian Qing, Shen Hui, Hwang Joo-Yeon, Deng Hong-Wen, Cho Nam H, Shin Chan Soo
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To identify genetic variants that influence bone mineral density (BMD) in East Asians, we performed a quantitative trait analysis of lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck BMD in a Korean population-based cohort (N=2729) and follow-up replication analysis in a Chinese Han population and two Caucasian populations (N=1547, 2250 and 987, respectively). From the meta-analysis of the stage 1 discovery analysis and...
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