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Vascular endothelial growth factor I/D variant and postmenopausal osteoporosis risk in the Turkish population.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jan 2024
Yigit Serbulent, Nursal Ayse Feyda, Nacar Mehmet Can, Tural Ercan, Bahrikarehmi Laleh
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INTRODUCTION: Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is a common metabolic bone disorder manifested by low bone mineral density and increased fracture risks in postmenopausal women. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been shown to play an important role in bone formation. In this study, we investigated the potential association between the VEGF insertion/deletion (I/D) variant (rs35569394) and PMOP in a...
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