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Candidate gene analysis of femoral neck trabecular and cortical volumetric bone mineral density in older men

  1. Laura M Yerges1,
  2. Lambertus Klei2,
  3. Jane A Cauley1,
  4. Kathryn Roeder3,
  5. Candace M Kammerer4,
  6. Kristine E Ensrud5,
  7. Cara S Nestlerode1,
  8. Cora Lewis6,
  9. Thomas F Lang7,
  10. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor8,
  11. Susan P Moffett1,
  12. Andrew R Hoffman9,
  13. Robert E Ferrell4,
  14. Eric S Orwoll10,
  15. Joseph M Zmuda1,4,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090729

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 330–338, February 2010

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Yerges, L. M., Klei, L., Cauley, J. A., Roeder, K., Kammerer, C. M., Ensrud, K. E., Nestlerode, C. S., Lewis, C., Lang, T. F., Barrett-Connor, E., Moffett, S. P., Hoffman, A. R., Ferrell, R. E., Orwoll, E. S. and Zmuda, J. M. (2010), Candidate gene analysis of femoral neck trabecular and cortical volumetric bone mineral density in older men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 330–338. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090729

Author Information

  1. 1

    Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  2. 2

    Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  3. 3

    Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  4. 4

    Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  5. 5

    Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  6. 6

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

  7. 7

    Radiology, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

  8. 8

    Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

  9. 9

    Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

  10. 10

    Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

*Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 10 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 22 DEC 2008

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