A genome wide linkage scan of metacarpal
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David Karasik; Nicole A. Shimabuku; Yanhua Zhou; Yuqing Zhang; L. Adrienne Cuppl
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Bone geometry is a significant component of bone strength, and has a clinical utility in predicting fractures and quantifying bone loss. Bone geometry is known to have a substantial genetic component. We performed linkage analysis to identify chromosomal regions governing metacarpal bon