Linkage and association for bone mineral density and heel ultrasound measurements with a simple tandem repeat polymorphism near the osteocalcin gene in female dizygotic twins

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 745-754

  Andrew, T ^a   Mak, Y T ^a   Reed, P ^b   MacGregor, A J ^a   Spector, T D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Gemini Genomics plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone turnover; Calcaneal ultrasound; D1S3737 marker genotype; Menopause; Osteocalcin gene

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGISTER; SPINE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOCALCIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036713247     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980200102     Document Type: Article

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