Does vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism affect bone mineral density and calcium absorption?

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-172

  Civitelli, Roberto ^a   Ziambaras, Konstantinos ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DNA; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031934263     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199803000-00014     Document Type: Review

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