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- Title
Association of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) promoter SNP with peak bone mineral density in Chinese women.
- Authors
Cheung, Ching-Lung; Huang, Qing-Yang; Chan, Vivian; Kung, Annie W C
- Abstract
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) is important for osteoblast differentiation and mutations of the gene are associated with both low and high bone mass syndromes. Our study aimed to evaluate the importance of LRP5 in the determination of peak bone mass acquisition in Chinese females in the general population.
- Publication
Human heredity, 2008, Vol 65, Issue 4, p232
- ISSN
1423-0062
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1159/000112370