Associations between Polymorphisms Related to Calcium Metabolism and Human Height: The Tromsø Study

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-210

  Jorde, Rolf ^a,b   Svartberg, Johan ^a,b   Joakimsen, Ragnar Martin ^a,b   Grimnes, Guri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calcium; Height; Parathyroid hormone; Phosphate; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84859732693     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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