Vitamin D-receptor gene polymorphisms and bone density in prepubertal American girls of Mexican descent

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Sainz, Jesus ^a   Van Tornout, Jan M ^a   Loro, M Luiza ^a   Sayre, James ^b,c   Roe, Thomas F ^a   Gilsanz, Vicente ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLELES; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030803396     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199707103370202     Document Type: Article

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