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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism is associated with Graves' disease in the Japanese population.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2000
Ban Y, Taniyama M, Ban Y
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to Graves' disease (GD), which is determined by environmental and genetic factors, is conferred by genes in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and genes unlinked to HLA, including the CTLA-4 gene. We recently described the association of GD with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) exon 2 initiation codon (VDR-FOK:I) polymorphism. An association of some VDR genotypes with osteoporosis, primary...
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