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Genome-wide pleiotropy of osteoporosis-related phenotypes: The framingham study

  1. David Karasik1,*,
  2. Yi-Hsiang Hsu1,
  3. Yanhua Zhou2,
  4. L Adrienne Cupples2,
  5. Douglas P Kiel1,
  6. Serkalem Demissie2

Article first published online: 29 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.38

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 7, pages 1555–1563, July 2010

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Karasik, D., Hsu, Y.-H., Zhou, Y., Cupples, L. A., Kiel, D. P. and Demissie, S. (2010), Genome-wide pleiotropy of osteoporosis-related phenotypes: The framingham study. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 1555–1563. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.38

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  1. 1

    Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

*Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, 1200 Center Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA.

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  1. Issue published online: 30 JUN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 29 JAN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 JAN 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 18 SEP 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 FEB 2009

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