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Relation of alleles of the collagen type Ialpha1 gene to bone density and the risk of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women.
The New England journal of medicine - 9 Apr 1998
Uitterlinden A G, Burger H, Huang Q, Yue F, McGuigan F E, Grant S F, Hofman A, van Leeuwen J P, Pols H A, Ralston S H
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BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a common disorder with a strong genetic component. One way in which the genetic component could be expressed is through polymorphism of COLIA1, the gene for collagen type Ialpha1, a bone-matrix protein. METHODS: We determined the COLIA1 genotypes SS, Ss, and ss in a po...
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