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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of hand osteoarthritis in Finnish women

We examined whether polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene was associated with individual risk of hand osteoarthritis (OA). Radiographs of both hands of 295 dentists and of 248 teachers were examined and classified for the presence of OA using reference images. The VDR ApaI and TaqI geno...

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Autores principales: Solovieva, Svetlana, Hirvonen, Ari, Siivola, Päivi, Vehmas, Tapio, Luoma, Katariina, Riihimäki, Hilkka, Leino-Arjas, Päivi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar1874