Family-based association study of polymorphisms in the RUNX2 locus with hand bone length and hand BMD

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 510-518

  Ermakov, S ^a   Malkin, I ^a   Keter, M ^a   Kobyliansky, E ^a   Livshits, Gregory ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Bonesize; Haplotype; SNP; TDT

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAND BONE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 45149117995     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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