Collagen Iα1 and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in South African whites, blacks and Indians

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 604-607

  Ojwang, P J ^a   Pegoraro, R J ^a   Rom, L ^a   Lanning, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEGRO; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035527423     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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