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Variable bone fragility associated with an Amish COL1A2 variant and a knock-in mouse model

  1. Ethan Daley1,
  2. Elizabeth A Streeten2,
  3. John D Sorkin3,
  4. Natalia Kuznetsova4,
  5. Sue A Shapses5,
  6. Stephanie M Carleton6,
  7. Alan R Shuldiner2,3,
  8. Joan C Marini4,
  9. Charlotte L Phillips6,
  10. Steven A Goldstein1,
  11. Sergey Leikin4,
  12. Daniel J McBride Jr2,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090720

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 247–261, February 2010

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Daley, E., Streeten, E. A., Sorkin, J. D., Kuznetsova, N., Shapses, S. A., Carleton, S. M., Shuldiner, A. R., Marini, J. C., Phillips, C. L., Goldstein, S. A., Leikin, S. and McBride, D. J. (2010), Variable bone fragility associated with an Amish COL1A2 variant and a knock-in mouse model. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 247–261. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090720

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  1. 1

    Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  2. 2

    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

  3. 3

    Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland Baltimore and the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Baltimore, MD, USA

  4. 4

    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA

*642 Montgomery Woods Drive, Hockessin, DE 19707, USA.

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  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 20 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 18 MAR 2009

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