4q22.1 contributes to bone mineral density and osteoporosis susceptibility in postmenopausal women of Chinese Han population.

Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease in which genetic determinants are modulated by hormonal, environmental and nutritional factors. An important clinical risk factor in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis is the presence of genetics polymorphism in/around susceptibility genes/regions. This study e...

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Main Authors: Haojie Yang, Bo Zhang, Jialin Zhu, Dan Liu, Fanglin Guan, Xijing He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3836996?pdf=render