Hunting osteoporosis susceptibility genes: Bigger is better but diverse is also welcome

Endocrine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-7

  Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 11P15.1; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 1P31.1; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 2P16.2; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3P22.1; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q14.3; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q21.3; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME 8Q24.12; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84872281831     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9804-y     Document Type: Editorial

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