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Bone mineral density and the 570A>T polymorphism of the bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) gene in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society - 1 Oct 2017
Krela-Kazmierczak I, Wawrzyniak A, Szymczak A, Eder P, Lykowska-Szuber L, Michalak M, Drweska-Matelska N, Kaczmarek-Rys M, Skrzypczak-Zielinska M, Szalata M, Slomski R
Abstract excerpt
Finding genetic predictors of osteoporosis and fractures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may provide incentives for non-pharmacological actions and so improve the long-term prognosis of the patients. We analysed the incidence of BMP2 570A>T polymorphic variants and their association with bone mineral density (BMD) and the incidence of fractures in patients with IBD. The study comprised 198 IBD...
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