Publications

Research articles

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2006) TNFRSF11B gene variants and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Maturitas 53: 386 - 395 (Pubmed)

Vidal, C., Grima, C., Brincat, M., Megally, N., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2003) Associations of polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene (BsmI and FokI) with bone mineral density in Maltese postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International 14 (11): 923 - 928 (PubMed)

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2006) Polymorphisms in the Collagen type1α1 gene promoter and the C677T variant in the Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and BMD in postmenopausal women in Malta. (submitted)

Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage to chromosome 11p12 in two Maltese families with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis (submitted)

Abstracts

Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage to a region on chromosome 11 in two Maltese families with severe osteoporosis. Osteoporosis International (in press)

Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) Linkage of a familial form of osteoporosis to chromosome 5q34. European Journal of Human Genetics 14: Supp 1, P1011

Vidal, C., Galea, R., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2006) A genomewide linkage scan in a family with a highly penetrant form of osteoporosis. Calcified Tissue International 78: Supp 1, S123

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2005) The Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Bone 36: S245

Borg, J., Scerri, C.A., Vidal, C., Felice, A.E., and Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2005) Association of CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms with coeliac disease in the Maltese population. European Journal of Human Genetics 13 (5): Supplement 1, P1014

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2004) Associations of polymorphisms in the promoter region of the osteoprotegerin gene and low bone mineral density in Maltese postmenopausal women. Calcified Tissue International 74 (4): S124 (abstract)

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2003) Influences of the Vitamin D and Estrogen receptor genes on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta. Calcified Tissue International 72 (4): 410

Vidal, C., Brincat, M., and Xuereb Anastasi, A. (2002)Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Malta Calcified Tissue International 70(4): 267