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Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism with susceptibility to Graves' disease in Eastern Croatian population: case-control study.
Croatian medical journal - 1 Aug 2005
Stefanić Mario, Karner Ivan, Glavas-Obrovac Ljubica, Papić Stana, Vrdoljak Dubravka, Levak Gordana, Krstonosić Branislav
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate the effect of vitamin D3 receptor (VDR) gene BsmI/ApaI/TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphisms on Graves' disease susceptibility in a subset of patients from Eastern Croatia. METHODS: Graves' disease patients (n=110) and ethnically matched euthyroid controls (n=99) with no clinical evidence or family history of thyroid or autoimmune diseases were genotyped for VDR gene polymorphisms by...
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