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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk.
The Prostate - 1 Jun 2004
Cheteri Mahesh B Keitheri, Stanford Janet L, Friedrichsen Danielle M, Peters Mette A, Iwasaki Lori, Langlois Mariela C, Feng Ziding, Ostrander Elaine A
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that is thought to play a role in the etiology and progression of prostate cancer. Hormone activity requires binding to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which contains several genetic polymorphisms that have been associated with risk of prostate cancer. To...
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