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An Osteoprotegerin Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Hip Fracture in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the IORRA Observational Cohort Study

INTRODUCTION: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of osteoporosis and hip fracture than healthy individuals. Multiple genetic loci for osteoporotic fracture were identified in recent genome-wide association studies. The purpose of this study was to identify genetic varia...

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Autores principales: Yoshida, Shinji, Ikari, Katsunori, Furuya, Takefumi, Toyama, Yoshiaki, Taniguchi, Atsuo, Yamanaka, Hisashi, Momohara, Shigeki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104587