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Correlation between vitamin D receptor genotypes and bone mineral density in Japanese patients with osteoporosis.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Mar 1997
Tamai M, Yokouchi M, Komiya S, Mochizuki K, Hidaka S, Narita S, Inoue A, Itoh K
Abstract excerpt
In order to better understand the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, we investigated the correlation between the vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes defined by BsmI restriction enzyme, as well as other related factors, and the bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine in 90 Japanese patients with osteoporosis. The same study was performed in 36 patients with osteoarthrosis of the hip joint and 92 healthy...
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