Fracture rate, pre- and postmenopausal bone mass and early and late postmenopausal bone loss are not associated with vitamin D receptor genotype in a high-endemic area of osteoporosis.

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To investigate a possible association between vitamin D receptor genotype and development of postmenopausal osteoporosis, a longitudinal study from 1977 to 1995 was carried out on women living in Oslo, Norway. One hundred and eighteen premenopausal women born in 1930 were included in a study of p...

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