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| Ramalho,A.C.; Lazaretti-Castro,M.; Hauache,O.; Kasamatsu,T.; Brandão,C.; Reis,A.F.; Takata,E.; Cafalli,F.; Tavares,F.; Gimeno,S.G.A.; Vieira,J.G.H.. |
| Fractures are the feared consequences of osteoporosis and fractures of the proximal femur (FPF) are those that involve the highest morbidity and mortality. Thus far, evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) is the best way to determine the risk of fracture. Genetic inheritance, in turn, is one of the major determinants of BMD. A correlation between different genotypes of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and BMD has been recently reported. On this basis, we decided to determine the importance of the determination of VDR genotype in the presence of an osteoporotic FPF in a Brazilian population. We studied three groups: group I consisted of 73 elderly subjects older than 65 years (78.5 ± 7.2 years) hospitalized for nonpathological FPF; group II consisted of 50... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Osteoporosis; Fracture of proximal femur (FPF); Vitamin D receptor polymorphism. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000700006 |
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