Association study of semaphorin 7a (sema7a) polymorphisms with bone mineral density and fracture risk in postmenopausal Korean women

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-117

  Koh, Jung Min ^a,b   Oh, Bermseok ^c   Lee, Jong Yong ^c   Lee, Jong Keuk ^c   Kimm, Kuchan ^c   Kim, Ghi Su ^a,b   Park, Byung Lae ^d   Cheong, Hyun Sub ^d   Shin, Hyoung Doo ^d   Hong, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Tae Ho ^a   Park, Eui Kyun ^a   Kim, Shin Yoon ^a,e  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^d Maehun B/D ^*  (South Korea)

^e Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BMD; Fracture; Polymorphism; Postmenopausal women; SEMA7A

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 7A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KOREA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECESSIVE GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE DENSITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KOREA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMAPHORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 31544451065     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0331-z     Document Type: Article

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