2002

Andrew T, Mak YT, Reed P, MacGregor AJ, Spector TD. Association of Heel Ultrasound Measurements, Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover Markers with the Osteocalcin Gene in Female Dizygotic Twins. Osteoporosis International 2002 Sep;13(9):745-54

Arden NK, Major P, Poole JR, Keen RW, Vaja S, Swaminathan R, Cooper C, Spector TD. Size at birth, adult intestinal calcium absorption and 1,25(OH)(2) vitamin D. QJM 2002 Jan;95(1):15-21 

Ariens RA, de Lange M, Snieder H, Boothby M, Spector TD, Grant PJ. Activation markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in twins: Heritability of the prethrombotic state. Lancet 2002 Feb 23;359(9307):667-71 

Bettica, Cline, Hart, Meyer, Spector. Evidence for Increased Bone Resorption in Patients with Progressive Knee OA: Longitudinal Results from the Chingford Study. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2002 Dec;46(12):3178-84 

Chan LYS, Lam CW, Mak YT, Tomlinson B, Tsang MW, Baum L, Masarei JRL and Pang CP. Genotype-phenotype studies of six novel LPL mutations in Chinese patients with hypertriglyceridemia. Hum Mutation, 2002; 20:232-3.

Edwards CJ, Spector TD. Statins as modulators of bone formation. Arthritis Research 2002;4(3):151-3 

Gillaspy, Spreckley, Doherty, Spector, Wallis. Investigation of linkage between chromosome 2q and osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2002 Dec;46(12):3386-7 

Hakim A, Cherkas L, El Zayat S, MacGregor AJ, Spector TD. The genetic contribution to carpal tunnel syndrome in women: A twin study. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2002 Jun 15;47(3):275-9 

Hammond CJ, Webster AR, Snieder H, Bird AC, Gilbert CE, Spector TD. Genetic influence on early age-related maculopathy: A twin study. Ophthalmology. 2002 Apr;109(4):730-736 

Hart D J, Cronin C, Daniels M, Worthy T, Doyle DV, Spector TD. The relationship of bone density and fracture to incident and progressive radiographic knee osteoarthritis: The Chingford Study. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2002;46: 92-99 

Hunter, de Lange, Snieder, MacGregor, Swaminathan, Thakker, Spector. Genetic contribution of renal function and electrolyte balance: a twin study. Clinical Science 2002 Sep 1;103(3):259-65 

Kawano, Ogata, Chiano, Molloy, Kleyn, Spector, Uchida, Hosoi, Suzuki, Orimo, Inoue, Nabeshima, Nakamura, Kuro-o, Kawaguchi. Klotho Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Bone Density of Aged Postmenopausal Women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2002 Oct;17(10):1744-51 

Knapp KM, Blake GM, Fogelman I, Doyle DV, Spector TD. Multisite Quantitative Ultrasound: Colles’ Fracture Discrimination in Postmenopausal Women. Osteoporosis International 2002;13(6):474-9 

Lee RL, Dacre JE, Hart DJ, Spector TD. Femoral neck trabecular patterns predict osteoporotic fractures. Med Phys. 2002 Jul;29(7):1391-6

Middelberg RP, Spector TD, Swaminathan R, Snieder H. Genetic and environmental influences on lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins: effects of menopause. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002 Jul 1;22(7):1142-7 

Naganathan V, MacGregor AJ, Snieder H, Nguyen T, Spector T, Sambrook P. Gender differences in the genetic influences on bone density and bone quality. Journal of Bone Mineral Research J Bone Miner Res 2002 Apr;17(4):725-33 

Spector, MacGregor. The St Thomas’ UK Adult Twin Registry. Twin Research 2002;5(5):440-443 

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