荷兰鹿特丹伊拉斯莫斯大学医学院的研究人员最近发现了与骨质疏松症有关的基因。荷兰科学家通过对1800名妇女的调查发现,这种名叫COLIAI的基因的不同形式与脊柱和臀部骨骼的骨质密度变化有着密切关系。早些时候科学家对299名英国妇女进行的调查也取得了相同的发现。 美国费城阿勒根尼大学的普罗科普博士在评价这一发现时说,现在就把这种基因作为骨质疏松症的一种诊断手段还 Researchers at the Erasmus University School of Medicine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, recently discovered osteoporosis-related genes. A survey of 1,800 women by Dutch scientists found that the different forms of the gene called COLIAI are closely linked to changes in bone density in the spine and hip bones. Earlier scientists made the same finding on a survey of 299 British women. In evaluating the finding, Dr. Prokop, the University of Alghero, Philadelphia, USA, said that the gene is now being used as a diagnostic tool for osteoporosis