A candidate gene association study of bone mineral density in an Iranian population.

The genetic epidemiology of variation in bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis is not well studied in Iranian populations and needs more research. We report a candidate gene association study of BMD variation in a healthy cross sectional study of 501 males and females sampled from the IMOS stu...

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Main Authors: Seyed Alireza Dastgheib, Alison Gartland, Seyed Mohammad Bagher Tabei, Gholamhossein Ranjbar Omrani, Marion Dawn Teare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2016.00141/full