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SUBMITTER: Eun IS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2899432 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eun Il-Soo IS Park Weon Wook WW Suh Kuen Tak KT Kim Jeung Il JI Lee Jung Sub JS
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 20090825 12
Generalized low bone mass and osteopenia have been reported in the axial and peripheral skeleton of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. Recently, many studies have shown that gene polymorphisms are related to osteoporosis. However, no studies have linked the association between gene polymorphisms and bone mass of AIS. Therefore, this study examined the association between the bone mass and RANKL, RANK, and OPG gene polymorphisms in 198 girls diagnosed with AIS. OPG 163 A --> G, 209 G ...[more]