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Genome-wide association study for femoral neck bone geometry

  1. Lan-Juan Zhao1,4,
  2. Xiao-Gang Liu3,
  3. Yao-Zhong Liu4,
  4. Yong-Jun Liu4,
  5. Christopher J Papasian4,
  6. Bao-Yong Sha1,2,
  7. Feng Pan3,
  8. Yan-Fang Guo3,
  9. Liang Wang3,
  10. Han Yan3,
  11. Dong-Hai Xiong4,
  12. Zi-Hui Tang2,
  13. Tie-Lin Yang3,
  14. Xiang-Ding Chen2,
  15. Yan Guo3,
  16. Jian Li4,
  17. Hui Shen4,
  18. Feng Zhang3,
  19. Shu-Feng Lei2,4,
  20. Robert R Recker1,
  21. Hong-Wen Deng2,3,4,*

Article first published online: 11 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090726

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 320–329, February 2010

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Zhao, L.-J., Liu, X.-G., Liu, Y.-Z., Liu, Y.-J., Papasian, C. J., Sha, B.-Y., Pan, F., Guo, Y.-F., Wang, L., Yan, H., Xiong, D.-H., Tang, Z.-H., Yang, T.-L., Chen, X.-D., Guo, Y., Li, J., Shen, H., Zhang, F., Lei, S.-F., Recker, R. R. and Deng, H.-W. (2010), Genome-wide association study for femoral neck bone geometry. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 320–329. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090726

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  1. 1

    Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

  2. 2

    Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, Peoples Republic of China

  3. 3

    Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering, Ministry of Education and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710049, Peoples Republic of China

  4. 4

    School of Medicine, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA

*Departments of Basic Medical Science and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2411 Holmes Street, Room M3-C03, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.

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  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 11 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 8 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 OCT 2008

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