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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and haplotypes and postmenopausal breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2008
Abbas Sascha, Nieters Alexandra, Linseisen Jakob, Slanger Tracy, Kropp Silke, Mutschelknauss Elke Jonny, Flesch-Janys Dieter, Chang-Claude Jenny
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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes may influence breast cancer risk by altering potential anticarcinogenic effects of vitamin D, but epidemiological studies have been inconsistent. Effect modification by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH]D), the biomarker for vitamin D status in hum...
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