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Association between a variation in the phosphodiesterase 4D gene and bone mineral density

BACKGROUND: Fragility fractures caused by osteoporosis are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in aging populations. Bone mineral density (BMD) is a useful surrogate marker for risk of fracture and is a highly heritable trait. The genetic variants underlying this genetic contribution are largel...

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Autores principales: Reneland, Richard H, Mah, Steven, Kammerer, Stefan, Hoyal, Carolyn R, Marnellos, George, Wilson, Scott G, Sambrook, Philip N, Spector, Tim D, Nelson, Matthew R, Braun, Andreas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC554993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15752431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-6-9