Evidence for involvement of the vitamin D receptor gene in idiopathic short stature via a genome-wide linkage study and subsequent association studies

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2772-2783

  Dempfle, Astrid ^a   Wudy, Stefan A ^b   Saar, Kathrin ^c   Hagemann, Sandra ^b   Friedel, Susann ^d   Scherag, André ^a   Berthold, Lars D ^b   Alzen, Gerhard ^b   Gortner, Ludwig ^e   Blum, Werner F ^b,f   Hinney, Anke ^d   Nürnberg, Peter ^g   Schäfer, Helmut ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STATURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERMANY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33748754035     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl218     Document Type: Article

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