Possible involvement of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in male patients with ossification of spinal ligaments

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 308-311

  Shiigi, Eiichi ^a   Sugiyama, Toshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Murata, Hidenori ^a   Shirakura, Yoshiharu ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ligament; Ossification; Polymorphism; Vitamin D; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034859158     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007740170015     Document Type: Article

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