The worldwide controversy about the polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor gene and bone mineral density

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-497

  Nakamura, M ^a   Morimoto, S ^b   Ogihara, T ^b   Kakudo, K ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; ENDONUCLEASE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034118075     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0883     Document Type: Article

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