Relation of BsmI vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism to bone mineral density and occurrence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal chinese women in Taiwan

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1036-1041

  ChenChen, H Y ^a   Chen, W C ^a,c   Tsai, F J ^a   Tsai, C H ^b   Li, C W ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Polymerase chain reaction based restriction analysis; Vitamin D receptor gene intron 8 BsmI polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BSMI PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 0035702782     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170014     Document Type: Article

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