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Association of vitamin-D receptor (Fok-I) gene polymorphism with bladder cancer in an Indian population.
BJU international - 1 Apr 2007
Mittal Rama D, Manchanda Parmeet K, Bhat Sanjay, Bid Hemant K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the association of vitamin-D receptor (VDR) genotypes and haplotypes (variants at the Fok-I, and Taq-I sites) with the risk of bladder cancer, as vitamin D is antiproliferative and reported to induce apoptosis in human bladder tumour cells in vitro. PATIENTS, SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A case-control study using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was conducted in...
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