Association of Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with osteoporosis in Mexican postmenopausal women

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-403

  Lisker, Rubén ^a   López, María A ^a   Jasqui, Salomón ^a   De León Rosales, Sergio Ponce ^a   Correa Rotter, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez, Sergio ^a   Mutchinick, Osvaldo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BsmI and FokI restriction enzyme polymorphisms; Mexican post menopausal women; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BB GENOTYPE; BONE DENSITY; BSMI GENE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOKI GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

EID: 0141540846     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0045     Document Type: Article

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