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Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Cancer letters - 18 Feb 2008
Clendenen Tess V, Arslan Alan A, Koenig Karen L, Enquist Kerstin, Wirgin Isaac, Agren Asa, Lukanova Annekatrin, Sjodin Hubert, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte Anne, Shore Roy E, Hallmans Göran, Toniolo Paolo, Lundin Eva
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The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a critical mediator of the cellular effects of vitamin D. The associations between four common VDR polymorphisms (BSMI, APAI, TAQI, and FOKI) and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) were assessed in a case-control study nested within two prospective cohorts. On...
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