The vitamin D receptor FokI start codon polymorphism and bone mineral density in osteoporotic postmenopausal French women

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-224

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a,c   Mercier, Géraldine ^b   Burckel, André ^b  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^b European Laboratory of Screening   (France)

^c Laboratoire LCL   (France)

Author keywords

FokI restriction polymorphism; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D receptor gene

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; START CODON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CODON, INITIATOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0032718031     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560307.x     Document Type: Article

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