Relation of polymorphism in the promotor region for the human osteocalcin gene to bone mineral density and occurrence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal Chinese women in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 251-255

  Chen, Huey Yi ^a   Tsai, Horng Der ^a   Chen, Wen Chi ^a   Wu, Jer Yuarn ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^b   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Femoral neck; Lumbar spine; Polymerase chain reaction based restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TAIWAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034828387     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.1036     Document Type: Article

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