Effects of SNPs in the COL1A1 and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes on BMD in postmenopausal women in Malta

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Vidal, C ^a   Brincat, M ^a   Xuereb Anastasi, Angela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Bone mineral density (BMD); COL1A1; Maltese population; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1 ALPHA 1; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; PROCOLLAGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANT GENE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALTA; MENOPAUSE; NEWBORN; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RECESSIVE GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547401697     PISSN: 13110160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10034-007-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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