Vitamin D receptor alleles, bone mineral
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Dr. Akifumi Tokitan; Hiroshi Matsumoto; Nigel A. Morrison; Toshiya Tawa; Yuko Mi
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Article
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2009
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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Recent studies have shown that genetic effects on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover are related to allelic variation in the vitamin D receptor O R ) gene. We examined allelic influences of the VDR gene on bone turnover and density in 202 normal healthy premenopausal Japanese women (age 30