The BsmI vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in Israeli populations and in perimenopausal and osteoporotic Ashkenazi women

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-188

  Pollak, Rivka Dresner ^a   Blumenfeld, Anat ^a   Bejarano Achache, Idith ^a   Idelson, Maria ^a   Hochner, Drorith Celinker ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; BsmI vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism; Ethnic variation; Osteoporosis; Perimenopause

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; JEW; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 0034939080     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046245     Document Type: Article

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