Literature summary for 2.1.1.6 extracted from

Stolk, L.; van Meurs, J.B.; Jhamai, M.; Arp, P.P.; van Leeuwen, J.P.; Hofman, A.; de Jong, F.H.; Pols, H.A.; Uitterlinden, A.G.
The catechol-O-methyltransferase Met158 low-activity allele and association with nonvertebral fracture risk in elderly men (2007), J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 92, 3206-3212.

Application

Application	Comment	Organism
medicine	the COMT Val158Met polymorphism is associated with fracture risk in elderly men, through a mechanism independent of bone mineral density	Homo sapiens

Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
Homo sapiens	-	-	-

Synonyms	Comment	Organism
COMT	-	Homo sapiens

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