Bone mineral density-affecting genes in Africans

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1102-1108

  Gong, Gordon ^a,b,i   Haynatzki, Gleb ^a   Haynatzka, Vera ^d   Howell, Ryan ^f   Kosoko Lasaki, Sade ^d,e   Fu, Yun Xin ^g   Yu, Fei ^h   Gallagher, John C ^c   Wilson, M Roy ⁱ  

^a Research Center   (United States)

^b West Texas Rural EXPORT Center   (United States)

^c Bone Metabolism Unit   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Preventive Medicine ^*

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africans; Bone; Genetics; Polymorphism; Sudanese

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; COL1A1 GENE; CSR GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERALPHA GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDAN; VDR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUDAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746859770     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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