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Fok-I vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism (rs10735810) and vitamin D metabolism in multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Feb 2009
Smolders Joost, Damoiseaux Jan, Menheere Paul, Tervaert Jan Willem Cohen, Hupperts Raymond
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). Several genetic polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDRG), of whom Fok-I (rs10735810) has functional consequences for receptor protein structure and the immune system, have been studied in relation to MS with variable results. The purpose of our study was to assess an association of the Fok-I VDRG polymorphism...
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