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.

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 variants associated...

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Main Authors: Shinji Yoshida, Katsunori Ikari, Takefumi Furuya, Yoshiaki Toyama, Atsuo Taniguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka, Shigeki Momohara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126739?pdf=render