Polymorphisms of the Interleukin-6 gene are associated with bone mineral density

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Murray, R E ^a   Mcguigan, F ^a   Grant, S F A ^a   Reid, D M ^a   Ralston, Stuart H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Polwarth Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone density; Genetics; Interleukin 6; Osteoporosis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOCLAST; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030857328     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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