## Abstract The vitamin D endocrine system is central to the control of bone and calcium homeostasis. The active hormonal aform of vitamin D, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol), the circulating level of which is tightly regulated, acts through a specific receptor to mediate its genomic actions on
Vitamin D Receptor Alleles and Bone's Response to Physical Activity
✍ Scribed by T. L. N. Järvinen; T. A. H. Järvinen; H. Sievänen; A. Heinonen; M. Tanner; X.-H. Huang; A. Nenonen; J. J. Isola; M. Järvinen; P. Kannus
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0827
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