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A rare deletion event in 6p25 is associated with osteoporotic fractures in women

✍ Scribed by K. Estrada; M. Peters; B. Eussen; A. de Klein; H. Pols; J. van Meurs; T. Knoch; F. Rivadeneira; A. Uitterlinden

Book ID
116321612
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
53 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
8756-3282

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Osteoporosis is reported to be rare in Black Africa. The low fracture incidence among North American black women is explained by a high peak bone mass and preservation of bone mineral into old age. To assess whether this is the case among Black African women, we measured bone mineral content (BMC) a