Pharmacogenetics of osteoporosis.

F1000 Biol Rep

Metabolic Bone Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florence Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence Italy.

Published: August 2010

Osteoporosis is a complex bone disorder with a strong genetic basis. The genetics of osteoporosis encompasses two main areas: genetics of disease susceptibility and pharmacogenetics of drug response. The former has been widely studied in the past few decades, while the latter is still largely untouched. This review will provide an overview of the pharmacogenetics of osteoporosis, focusing on the major recent advances in the past two years.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990451PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B2-63DOI Listing

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