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Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and fasting idiopathic hypercalciuria in recurrent stone-forming patients.
Urology - 1 Oct 2004
Rendina Domenico, Mossetti Giuseppe, Viceconti Roberto, Sorrentino Mariangela, Castaldo Rosaria, Manno Giuseppe, Guadagno Vincenzo, Strazzullo Pasquale, Nunziata Vincenzo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between fasting idiopathic hypercalciuria (IHc), defined as IHc in the fasting state associated with normal parathyroid function, and ApaI, BsmI, and FokI polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene in 159 hypercalciuric recurrent stone formers. IHc contributes to the formation of calcium kidney stones in more than one half of reported cases. METHODS: We examined...
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