Advanced onset of menarche and higher bone mineral density depending on vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 522-527

  Kitagawa, Ikumi ^a,e   Kitagawa, Yasuo ^b   Kawase, Yoshikatsu ^c   Nagaya, Teruo ^d   Tokudome, Shinkan ^d  

^a Nagoya Seirei Junior College   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aichi Pref Center for Health Care   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

EID: 0031736777     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1390522     Document Type: Article

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