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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms influence susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Taiwanese population.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2000
Chang T J, Lei H H, Yeh J I, Chiu K C, Lee K C, Chen M C, Tai T Y, Chuang L M
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OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D and its receptor have been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. We have therefore studied the influence of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to type 1 diabetes, and rates of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) autoantibody and islet cell autoantibody (ICA512) positivity. SUBJECTS: AND MEASUREMENTS One hundred and fifty-seven...
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