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Suggestive evidence for a susceptibility gene near the vitamin D receptor locus in idiopathic calcium stone formation.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 May 1999
Scott P, Ouimet D, Valiquette L, Guay G, Proulx Y, Trouvé M L, Gagnon B, Bonnardeaux A
Abstract excerpt
Calcium is the principal crystalline constituent in up to 80% of kidney stones. Epidemiologic studies have suggested that genetic predisposition plays a major role in the etiology of this condition. This study evaluates by a candidate-gene approach whether the vitamin D receptor (VDR) locus on chromosome 12q12-14 is implicated in idiopathic hypercalciuria and calcium nephrolithiasis in a cohort of 47 French...
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