Genetic Contribution of Femoral Neck Bone Geometry to the Risk of Developing Osteoporosis: A Family-Based Study

Nerea Hernandez-de Sosa; Georgios Athanasiadis; Jorge Malouf; Ana Laiz; Ana Marin; Silvia Herrera; Jordi Farrerons; Jose Manuel Soria; Jordi Casademont

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154833

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Genetic Contribution of Femoral Neck Bone Geometry to the Risk of Developing Osteoporosis: A Family-Based Study

Nerea Hernandez-de Sosa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nerea Hernandez-de Sosa, Georgios Athanasiadis

* E-mail: nhernandezd@santpau.cat

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Georgios Athanasiadis ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nerea Hernandez-de Sosa, Georgios Athanasiadis

Affiliations Department of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Jorge Malouf,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ana Laiz,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ana Marin,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Silvia Herrera,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Farrerons,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jose Manuel Soria,

Affiliation Department of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Casademont

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Genetic Contribution of Femoral Neck Bone Geometry to the Risk of Developing Osteoporosis: A Family-Based Study

Nerea Hernandez-de Sosa,
Georgios Athanasiadis,
Jorge Malouf,
Ana Laiz,
Ana Marin,
Silvia Herrera,
Jordi Farrerons,
Jose Manuel Soria,
Jordi Casademont

Published: May 10, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154833

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