Article
Vitamin D receptor rs2228570 polymorphism and invasive ovarian carcinoma risk: pooled analysis in five studies within the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium.
International journal of cancer - 15 Feb 2011
Lurie Galina, Wilkens Lynne R, Thompson Pamela J, Carney Michael E, Palmieri Rachel T, Pharoah Paul D P, Song Honglin, Hogdall Estrid, Kjaer Susanne Kruger, DiCioccio Richard A, McGuire Valerie, Whittemore Alice S, Gayther Simon A, Gentry-Maharaj Aleksandra, Menon Usha, Ramus Susan J, Goodman Marc T
Abstract excerpt
The association of invasive ovarian carcinoma risk with the functional polymorphism rs2228570 (aka rs10735810; FokI polymorphism) in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene was examined in 1820 white non-Hispanic cases and 3479 controls in a pooled analysis of five population-based case-control studies within the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated...
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