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Vitamin D receptor alleles and C-reactive protein in hemodialysis patients.
Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia - 1 Jan 2000
Pacini Stefania, Punzi Tiziana, Gulisano Massimo, Boddi Vieri, Aterini Stefano, Amato Marcello, Ruggiero Marco
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Cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis is the major determinant of morbidity and mortality in uremic patients. Inflammation is essential in the development of atherosclerosis and markers of inflammation, in particular C-reactive protein, predict the cardiovascular risk. Vitamin D exerts its effects through the Vitamin D Receptor, coded for by a gene showing several polymorphisms associated with a variety...
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