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Association of vitamin-D and calcitonin receptor gene polymorphism in paediatric nephrolithiasis.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2005
Bid Hemant Kumar, Chaudhary Himanshu, Mittal Rama Devi
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the role of vitamin-D receptor gene (VDR) and calcitonin receptor (CTR) gene polymorphism in childhood nephrolithiasis in the north Indian population. A control group of 60 healthy paediatric individuals (age range 4-16 years) and 50 paediatric patients (age range 2-14 years) with kidney stones were examined. Polymorphism in both genes (VDR and CTR) was detected by using PCR-based restriction...
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