Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor polymorphisms and association with bone mineral density of the proximal femur in postmenopausal women

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-251

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

^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 SNP Genetics Inc   (South Korea)

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

^f Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BMD; MITF; Osteoporosis; SNP

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR SHAFT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34248162417     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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