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An exploratory analysis of common genetic variants in the vitamin D pathway including genome-wide associated variants in relation to glioma risk and outcome.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Sept 2012
Anic Gabriella M, Thompson Reid C, Nabors L Burton, Burton Nabors L, Olson Jeffrey J, Browning James E, Madden Melissa H, Murtagh F Reed, Reed Murtagh F, Forsyth Peter A, Egan Kathleen M
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PURPOSE: Experimental and epidemiological evidence shows a beneficial role of vitamin D in cancer. In vitro evidence is consistent with a similar protective function in glioma; however, no study has yet examined the potential role of vitamin D in glioma. METHODS: We evaluated the association betw...
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