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Vitamin D receptor alleles and bone mineral density in a normal premenopausal Brazilian female population.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Aug 1997
Lazaretti-Castro M, Duarte-de-Oliveira M A, Russo E M, Vieira J G
Abstract excerpt
Studies on the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphism and bone mineral density (BMD) in different populations have produced conflicting results probably due to ethnic differences in the populations studied. The Brazilian population is characterized by a very broad genetic background and a high degree of miscegenation. Of an initial group of 164, we studied 127 women from the city of São Paulo,...
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