Article
An interethnic comparison of the distribution of vitamin D receptor genotypes and haplotypes.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Sept 2007
Rezende Vania B, Barbosa Fernando, Montenegro Marcelo F, Sandrim Valeria C, Gerlach Raquel F, Tanus-Santos Jose E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The biological actions of vitamin D receptor (VDR) may be affected by genetic variations in the VDR gene. While there are interethnic differences in the frequency of VDR gene variants, there is little haplotype information, especially from admixed populations. We examined the distribution of genetic variants of 3 VDR polymorphisms (BsmI, ApaI and FokI) and haplotypes in black and white Brazilians. We...
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- Adult
- Black People
- Brazil
- Female
- Genome, Human
- Genotype
