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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to Mycobacterium malmoense pulmonary disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2000
Gelder C M, Hart K W, Williams O M, Lyons E, Welsh K I, Campbell I A, Marshall S E
Abstract excerpt
Polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers was utilized to ascertain the prevalence of 3 polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene (FokI F/f, ApaI A/a, and TaqI T/t) in 56 patients with Mycobacterium malmoense pulmonary disease. When compared with 101 controls, M. malmoense patients displayed an increased prevalence of Apa1 A (P=.03; Fisher's exact test), TaqI t (P=.04), and the At VDR...
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