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Osteoporosis- and obesity-risk interrelationships: an epigenetic analysis of GWAS-derived SNPs at the developmental gene TBX15

Xiao Zhanga Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
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Kenneth C. Ehrlicha Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
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Fangtang Yua Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
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Xiaojun Hua Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA;b Department of Orthopedics, People’s Hospital of Rongchang District, Chongqing, ChinaView further author information
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Xiang-He Mengc Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Hong-Wen Denga Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
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Hui Shena Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAView further author information
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Melanie Ehrlicha Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA;d Tulane Cancer Center, Hayward Human Genetics Program, Tulane University Health Sciences, New Orleans, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 728-749 | Received 12 Nov 2019, Accepted 09 Jan 2020, Published online: 24 Jan 2020

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