Common variants in the region around Osterix are associated with bone mineral density and growth in childhood

Common variants in the region around Osterix are associated with bone mineral density and growth in childhood

Peak bone mass achieved in adolescence is a determinant of bone mass in later life. In order to identify genetic variants affecting bone mineral density (BMD), we performed a genome-wide association study of BMD and related traits in 1518 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Chil...

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Main Authors: Peltonen, Leena, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tobias, Jon H., Richards, J. Brent, Soranzo, Nicole, Duncan, Emma L., Sims, Anne-Marie, Whittaker, Pamela, Kumanduri, Vasudev, Zhai, Guangju, Glaser, Beate, Eisman, John, Jones, Graeme, Nicholson, Geoff, Prince, Richard, Seeman, Ego, Spector, Tim D., Brown, Matthew A., Davey-Smith, George, Deloukas, Panos, Evans, David M.
Other Authors: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73094

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