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Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to disease and bone mineral density in Turkish patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Dec 2010
Kocabaş A, Karagüzel G, Imir N, Yavuzer U, Akçurin S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is regarded as one of the candidate genes for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) susceptibility and of some genetic factors involved in the development of osteoporosis in this group. STUDY DESIGN: We characterized the VDR gene polymorphism (BsmI, ApaI, TaqI, FokI and Cdx-2 binding site) in a group of Turkish patients with T1D (n=90) and correlated respective VDR genotypes...
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