The genetics of osteoporosis: Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue , 1998, Pages 233-258

  Wood, Richard J ^a   Fleet, James C ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone loss; Calcium metabolism; Genetic markers; Peak bone mass

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 0031846714     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.18.1.233     Document Type: Review

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