The cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CNR2) gene is associated with hand bone strength phenotypes in an ethnically homogeneous family sample

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-636

  Karsak, Meliha ^a   Malkin, Ida ^b   Tolia, Mohammad R ^c,d   Kubisch, Christian ^c   Nürnberg, Peter ^c,d   Zimmer, Andreas ^a   Livshits, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CNR2 GENE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HAND BONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BONE REMODELING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAND BONES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949120323     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0708-8     Document Type: Article

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