The prevalence of Apo E4 genotype and its relationship to bone mineral density in Hong Kong Chinese

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan ^a   Lau, Edith Ming Chu ^b   Li, Martin ^b   Chung, Tiffany ^b   Sham, Aprille ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Bone mineral density; Chinese; Genetic polymorphism; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 18044376198     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-004-0593-0     Document Type: Article

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