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Parathyroid hormone gene variant and calcific aortic stenosis.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 May 2009
Schmitz Fabian, Ewering Silke, Zerres Klaus, Klomfass Sebastian, Hoffmann Rainer, Ortlepp Jan R
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BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most frequently acquired valvular disease of the elderly in the Western world. A genetic background for AS has been proposed. The deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite is the key problem of valve calcification; vitamin D and parathyroid hormone are major factors in calcium homeostasis. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and parathyroid hormone...
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