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Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and risk of prostate cancer in India.
Urologia internationalis - 1 Jan 2005
Mishra Dhruva Kumar, Bid Hemant Kumar, Srivastava Daya Shankar Lal, Mandhani Anil, Mittal Rama Devi
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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D plays an important role in the proliferation and differentiation of normal and malignant cells. In several studies polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene has been reported to be associated with prostate cancer (CaP). The rationale of this study was to determine the association between the VDR (Fok-I) polymorphism and the risk of developing CaP. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
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